From World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 06 April 2009
1930. No Edition Remarks. 140 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear. Front end paper removed. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends, with fraying cloth and small splits. Moderate tanning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean. Seller Inventory # 1720442846ADA
Title: On The Banks Of The Grand Canal: A Story Of ...
Publisher: The London Missionary Society
Publication Date: 1930
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1930. No Edition Remarks. 140 pages. No dust jacket. Red illustrated cloth boards with black lettering. Contains black and white photographs by Evan Bryant. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Front endpaper is partially detached at base. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends. Seller Inventory # 1694594657ADA
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Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1930. No edition remarks. 140 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are mildly tanned with moderate foxing. Moderate thumb-marking present. Notable cracking to gutters. Loss to plate at page 16. Small hints of cracking at top of hinges. Notable tear through p.107. Water droplet stain to front pastedown and endpaper. Previous owner's inscription to ownership page. Notable water marks to p.47. Heavy foxing to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild warping to boards. Moderate tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to surfaces. Mild crease to rear board. Mild tear to rear joint. Seller Inventory # 1695055471LEE
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Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
pp. 140. Frontispiece, 18 plates, map end-papers. Original pictorial cloth, spine a bit faded, a few trivial spots on the front cover, overall a very good copy. *The first leaf is a presentation record to MURIEL STONE for collection of funds for the Society ships, listed at the bottom of the page. Seller Inventory # 65852
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Seller: Ethnographics, Georgetown, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition 1st Printing; 8vo yellow decorative blue cloth. black titles to spine and cover, inscription in Welsh to presentation plaque along with LMS list of missionary ships. Light rubbing, slt darkening to spine, ow VG/No Jacket:140pp, With B/W plates & maps to feps & illustration of canal town on back eps. Juvenile from POV of Lee family children in mission compound; Depicts life in China in & around the great canal seemingly near Tientsin/Tianjin, mentions Rev Jonathan Lees so probly near his mission.p94 selfportr CheTu of chinese evangelist with antiopium tracts and coleporter literature; p50 kitchen god print:140pp, With B/W plates & maps to feps & illustrations on bfffeps. Juvenile from POV of Lee family children in mission compound; Depicts life in China in & around the great canal.p94 selfportr CheTu of chinese evangelist with antiopium tracts and coleporter literature; p50 kitchen god print: 131ff on learning chinchars for kids; very scarce esp in this condition as children's book. Seller Inventory # 210107e400
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