The Citizen of the World; or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London to His Friends in the East (The Folio Society). This item is unavailable.
Goldsmith, Oliver; Vallance, Rosalind
Language: English
Published by The Folio Society, 1969
- Hardcover
- Used





Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 17.07
Item description from seller
First thus (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #263). Includes publisher's slipcase. Spine slightly faded, slipcase lightly rubbed. 1969 Hard Cover. 349, [1] pp. A collection of letters by the author of The Vicar of Wakefield, The Deserted Village, She Stoops to Conquer, etc., originally published in the Public Ledger. They use a fictional author - a Chinese traveler in England named Lien Chi - to critique and satirize British social mores. Includes introduction and preface by Rosalind Vallance.
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- Title
- The Citizen of the World; or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London to His Friends in the East (The Folio Society)
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver; Vallance, Rosalind
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Publication year
- 1969
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0850670039
- ISBN 13
- 9780850670035
- Illustrator
- Illus. By Cecil Keeling
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Item weight
- 24 ounces
- Dimensions
- 0x0x0
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The Citizen Of The World: Or, Letters From A Chinese Philosopher, Residing In London, To His Friends In The East. ...; The Temple Library; Volume 2 Of The Citizen Of The World: Or, Letters From A Chinese Philosopher, Residing In London, To His Friends In The East; Oliver Goldsmith; Volume 2 Of The Citizen Of The World; Herbert Railton; The Temple Classics
Oliver Goldsmith
Austin Dobson
Herbert Railton
Dent, 1891
Philosophy; History & Surveys; Modern; Biography & Autobiography / Philosophers; Chinese fiction; Epistolary fiction; Philosophers; Philosophy; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern
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