Jonathan D Spence Introduction By (2 results)
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. London: Thames & Hudson, 1988. Very Good condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket (edges of the jacket are lightly frayed). Old price sticker on the jacket's rear panel. Introduction by Jonathan D. Spence. With 154 duotone illustrations…. Edited, with commentaries by W. J. F. Jenner. Pictorial endpapers. Bound in the original dark yellow cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine and front cover. Complete with dust jacket. Oversize Hardcover. 9.75" wide by 10.75" tall. This large book may require extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for priority or media mail. From the publisher: "Photographs from the Magnum archives reveal diverse aspects of China during the past fifty years, including landscapes and peoples, years of war and strife, the turbulent years under Mao, and today's new phenomena.". First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 200pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).
More imagesA HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION: FOLIO SOCIETY PUBLICATION, TWO VOLUMES IN ONE BOXED SLIPCASE. VOLUME I & II.
JACQUES GERNET: TRANSLATED BY J.R. FOSTER AND CHARLES HARTMAN, INTRODUCTION BY JONATHAN D. SPENCE.
Language: English
Published by THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 2002
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bishops Green Books, Newbury, BERKS, United KingdomBishops Green Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION: FOLIO SOCIETY PUBLICATION, TWO VOLUMES IN ONE BOXED SLIPCASE. VOLUME I & II. JACQUES GERNET: TRANSLATED BY J.R. FOSTER AND CHARLES HARTMAN, INTRODUCTION BY JONATHAN D. SPENCE. These two stunning, hardback volumes are both bound in a brown buckram cloth,…with nice design and gilt titles running along each spine. Both volumes fit nicely within a brown coloured boxed slipcase, with one side showing an image of the Terracotta Tomb Warriors. Both volumes are like new, in fine condition, but please note these two volumes are used volumes therefore normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. Both books look like they have not been used or read. First published by The Folio Society in 2002 A Folio First Edition, fourth printing. Please note for overseas buyers as these books are a heavy item postage/shipping may increase from listed postage/shipping price depending on final destination. Typeset at The Folio Society in Utpoia. Printed on Gorgeous Wove Paper by St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St. Edmunds and bound by Cambridge University Press in buckram blocked with a design by Frances Button. A high quality pair of volumes that that would grace any stylish library and a really good read for anyone interested in Chinese Civilisation History.
