G Baxter Illus (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Published for the author, by J. Snow, London, 1838
- First Edition
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United KingdomJoseph Burridge Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1st Edition. xviii, [2], 590 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, folding map ; 23 cm. '10th thousand'. owner's inscription. coloured frontis missing.
Published by John Snow,, London,, 1838
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. xvi, 592pp. Vignette title page (pagoda) With 5 plates, including Baxter's frontis printed in oil colours, a foldout map of the Maritime Provinces of China, and in the appendix, a chronological table of Chinese history. Contents clean, though with edge stains to the…title page and the slightly soiled frontis, and a small stain to the bottom margin continuing through the earlier part of the book. There is a small splash mark to the inner margins of pp2 38-239, and two corners have dog-ear creases. Map folds clean. Highly attractive De luxe binding: text block all edges gilt, bright, and with exquisite red silk endpapers, the pastedowns framed by broad gilt-decorated turn-ins. Firm, in the original bottle-green morocco, decorated front and back with gilt curlicues, the spine with raised bands and decorated compartments A very attractive copy. An early reader's pencilled appreciation on the last page has been left. [Contains more than one reference to the Chinese people's objections to westerners' hypocrisy in lecturing them on behaviour while conducting the opium trade.].
