Mandarin by Elegant, Robert S - 1983-09-08

Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1983. Hardcover. Good. Former library book. Stains on the edge. Different cover. Volume 1. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Hamish Hamilton, 1983. 1st UK edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, VG/G. 535pp, dustjacket rubbed at the edges, paper browned a little. Fiction set in mid Victorian China after the Opium Wars of 1840.

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Softening of the backstrip and rubbing to the lower book edges and top book corners. Browning to the text block edges and to the internal pages. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with white and red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels and slight grubbiness to the fold over panels. A novel of mid 19th century China, the waning of the Manchu dynasty and of the encroaching involvement of the West – British, French and American traders. It is set in the years between 1854-1875. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (10), 3-535, (1) pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; China; ISBN: 0241111226. ISBN/EAN:… Read More

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1983. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Page edges a little tanned. 535 pages. Third book in Elegant's fictional series on China and the West. This book covers 1854-1875. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.