The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China
by VERNE, Jules
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1880. Bound in terra cotta cloth, stamped in black and gold. Previous owner's neat name to ffep. (from the Bailey estate of Luden Cough Drop fame). Some moderate dampstaining to spine, scuffing to spine ends. 271pp. and 9 pp. of ads. Overall, a very acceptable copy of the first U.S. edition (and first edition in English) of this Verne comic novel of one Kin-Fo. . 9 pp undated ads. Ref.: Myers 55.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007231
- Title
- The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China
- Author
- VERNE, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lee and Shepard
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1880
- Bookseller catalogs
- NYSHOW2009;
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Acceptable
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