Smith the rev e h (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. THE BOARDS ARE HEAVILY RUBBED AND FADED. THE CORNERS AND EDGES ARE SCUFFED AND EXPOSED. THE SPINE IS HEAVILY RUBBED AND FADED. BOTH ENDS OF THE SPINE ARE BUMPED. THE PAGE EDGES ARE YELLOWED. BOTH INSIDE BOARDS ARE CRACKED ALONG THE HINGE. THE INSIDE BOARDS ARE RUBBED. THERE ARE SOME MARKS AND HEAVY FOXING THROUGHOUT. THE TEXT IS GENERALLY CLEAR. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. "An Extract from Quantock Life and Rambles". 18 pp all original in soft pale green wrap. Stapled. Seven B & W photo illustrations. A good copy with faint waterstaining to top cover.

Soft cover. Two volumes. Crown quarto. Paginated consecutively. Pp. xvi, 3-240; 241-467. Plus a folding map engraved on steel, engraved frontispiece and 11 other plates. Title-page printed in red and black. Uniformly in the original illustrated wrappers, these edge worn and chipped, back wrapper of one volume loose, some dog-eared corners. Both volumes placed in a handsome custom made box, full green cloth over boards, facsimile title-page laid-down on cover. An unsophisticated set, untrimmed, preserved entirely in the original state, bright interiors, thoroughly free of foxing. ~ First American edition in the extremely rare original, two paperbound installments. Sold separately, each volume's cover bears the header: "50 Cents. Complete in Two Parts"; and "Part 1" and "Part 2", respectively. A pioneering work by the Anglican missionary George Smith (1815-1871) who, after the Treaty of Nanking, explored the newly opened cities of China, recording his findings and observations. The work is particularly appealing for its description and portrayal of everyday life in nineteenth-century China and the impact of the new British Rule. It includes an account of Hong Kong. Cordier BS, 2115; Lust, 385. Of utmost rarity, not a single other such copy could be traced for many years. TIMO-5 OUT. ~ ~ NOTE: TOTAL REDUCTION SALE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator).…