Riding The Iron Rooster By Train through China
by Theroux, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0241125472
- ISBN 13
- 9780241125472
- Seller
-
Blagoevgrad Region, Bulgaria
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light shelf wear to unclipped DJ. ; First edition, first printing with full number line. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. DJ artwork by Michael Foreman. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 512 pages; An eye-opening account of China in the 1980s based on the author's year long stay in the country where he travelled extensively by train. .
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- Bookseller
- Books in Bulgaria
(BG)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29657
- Title
- Riding The Iron Rooster By Train through China
- Author
- Theroux, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0241125472
- ISBN 13
- 9780241125472
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Shelf Wear
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- Number Line
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- Good+
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- Fine
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