Pidgin-English sing-song : or, Songs and stories in the China-English dialect / With a vocabulary. By Charles G. Leland
by Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)
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About This Item
London : Trubner and Co., 1918. Ninth Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall with some very light staining to front and rear boards. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 139 pages; Physical description. : viii, 139 p. 18 cm. Subject: English language - Dialects - China.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 213853
- Title
- Pidgin-English sing-song : or, Songs and stories in the China-English dialect / With a vocabulary. By Charles G. Leland
- Author
- Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ninth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Trubner and Co.
- Date Published
- 1918
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