1907 The Chinese Empire a General & Missionary Survey
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Description
First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound, Scarce
The scarce first edition of this work.
A comprehensive survey and history of the Chinese Empire, a thorough and fascinating work on China.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and sixteen plates.
Collated, complete.
Edited by Marshall Broomhall, with a preface by Sir Ernest Satow.
Ex-institutional copy, label to the front paste down and stamps to the recto to the front endpaper, reverse of the frontispiece, both sides of the title page, and some other pages.
Condition
Rebound in a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with some rubbing to the boards and spine. Light marks to the boards and spine. Institutional label to the front paste down and stamps to the recto to the front endpaper. Institutional stamps to some of the pages. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean, with just a few light spots. Small closed tear to the tail of the half-title. Folding map is cloth-backed.
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