Voyaging to Cathay: Americans in the China Trade
by Tamarin, Alfred, and Shirley Glubok
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG. Owner's sticker on ffep of one copy, as well as some tanning/general shelf wear to dj.
- ISBN 10
- 0670748579
- ISBN 13
- 9780670748570
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1976. Hardcover. VG/VG. Owner's sticker on ffep of one copy, as well as some tanning/general shelf wear to dj.. Oblong white boards, green cloth spine. Color illustrated DJ. 202 pp. Numerous BW illustrations. Traces the earliest contacts between the United States and China from the years following the American Revolution until the advent of the steamship. Written for the younger reader, but still filled with great information and perspective.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28365
- Title
- Voyaging to Cathay: Americans in the China Trade
- Author
- Tamarin, Alfred, and Shirley Glubok
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG. Owner's sticker on ffep of one copy, as well as some tanning/general shelf wear to dj.
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0670748579
- ISBN 13
- 9780670748570
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Asian Decorative Arts ; China Trade ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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