VOYAGING TO CATHAY. AMERICANS IN THE CHINA TRADE
by Tamarin, Alfred and Glubok, Shirley
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York:The Viking Press, (1976). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/01/0_img_6656.jpg. New York:The Viking Press. (1976). 1st edition. 202pp. Profusely illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. White/blue boards clean, with light soiling/age toning to edges. Page edges soiled. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact. The dust jacket has several spots of soiling but still in very good condition. It is not price clipped. * "It was 1783, the Revolution is over, and American waterfronts and shipyards were desolate; seaports, which had been occupied by British forces, were deserted; the sturdy New England fishing fleet was no more. English ports were closed, of course, to American shipping, and the United States could no longer trade with the British West Indies. Yet without trade, without a market for their goods, the newly independent colonies would not survive. But there was China.....In this handsome, profusely illustrated book for young readers, Alfred Tamarin and Shirley Gkubok have re-created a fascinating and exciting time in our country's early history."...dj
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25102
- Title
- VOYAGING TO CATHAY. AMERICANS IN THE CHINA TRADE
- Author
- Tamarin, Alfred and Glubok, Shirley
- Illustrator
- http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/01/0_img_6656.jpg
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York:The Viking Press
- Date Published
- (1976)
- Keywords
- JUVENILE; HISTORY; CHINA TRADE;
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Parnassus Book Service
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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