Beijing, China : Sinolingua, 1997. Third printing. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good Condition/Good. Quarto. The book has a dusjacket-type arrangement wit the dj attached to the book at the spine. Numerous black and white illustrations. This book is intended as a guide to the origins and histories of Chinese characters and is an attempt to find a new way to teach the practical ideography of Chinese to those those native scripts are alphabet-based. Size: Quarto. 214 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers foxed, text clean. Dust jacket is in good condition but has some slight fading. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Spine is faded and the cover has some edgewear. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Language & Linguistics; Chinese; ISBN: 7800522431. ISBN/EAN: 9787800522437. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52453. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers foxed, text clean Edges very slightly spotted or marked Spine is faded and the cover has some edgewear.

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Bookseller: Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 52453
Title: The Origins of Chinese Characters
Author: Hongyuan, Wang
Format/Binding: Softcover (Stiff Boards)
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Third printing
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 7800522431
ISBN 13: 9787800522437
Publisher: Sinolingua
Place of Publication: Beijing, China
Date Published: 1997
Pages: 214
Keywords: Chinese BZDB397 Chinese language, Chinese wrtiting, characters Language & Linguistics; Chinese; The Origins of Chinese Characters
X weight: 0.000 kg
Size: Quarto

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Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....