ISBN: 9780701130787 - An Insular Possession (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. An Insular Possession This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Fourth impression. Light wear to boards. Content is lightly tanned. Good DJ with some edge wear and clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first impression. Browned with age. Small rub/chip to top edge of rear panel of DJ. Not price clipped. No inscriptions.

hardcover. Condition: ACCEPTABLE. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD. 593 clean, unmarked, tight pages with tanning; light soiling on upper edge of textblock; cover is clean and sturdy; price-clipped dust jacket has some soiling and shelf wear but is nicely wrapped in clear Brodart cover.

1st ed. 1st edition, 1986. Pages slightly browned. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket (not price-clipped) Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket (not price-clipped).

1st ed. 1st edition, 1986. Pages slightly browned; minor wear to dust jacket edges with tiny closed tear in head of spine. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.

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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 593 pages : map ; 24cm. Subjects: Opium trade -- China, History -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bargain book.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 593 pages : map ; 24cm. Subjects: Opium trade -- China, History -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Historical Novel set in Canton 1833. Includes the first Opium War. 9 1/2" tall, 593 p.pages. Endpapers illustrated with Maps. No inscriptions except old penciled price. Jacket has a little chipping. Clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing hardcover in very good condition. Unclipped dust jacket in good condition. From the private collection of Dame Carmen Callil, publisher, writer, critic and founder of Virago Press, with her bookplate on the page opposite the title page. Jacket is scuffed and sunned, with some surface colour loss noted. Edges are creased and nicked, including a small tear. Board corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block and page edges are tanned. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 593 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London. 1986. Chatto & Windus. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0701130784. 592 pages. hardcover. keywords: Europe England Literature Hong Kong Asia World Literature. DESCRIPTION - Canton 1833. Walter Eastman and Gideon Chase, young Americans working in the 'Factories' the home of the East India Company on the south China coast are at loggerheads with the European community which thrives on the opium trade. When Eastman is fired, he and Chase establish an irreverent weekly paper, The Lin Tin Bulletin and River Bee, chronicling local business dealings, political events and the fashionable social life in nearby Macao. In their writing particularly in their attacks on their rival paper, the conservative Canton Monitor our two buccaneers show a flamboyance and crusading zeal which is shared by their friends and supporters: the bibulous painter O'Rourke, the river pirate Remedios and the Jesuit Ribeiro from whom Chase secretly takes lessons in Chinese. When the first Opium War breaks out their lives grow increasingly dangerous and diverse: Chase is enrolled as an interpreter and becomes an unwilling witness to battle; O'Rourke and Eastman (obsessed with the recently developed daguerreotype) contest the most telling means of recording suffering. Following the three men, we see the white Cantonese community pack its bags and move to Hong Kong to found a new trading empire on the ashes of the old. An Insular Possession has extraordinary scope and fascination. Its huge panorama reflected in newspaper extracts, letters and diaries wonderfully conveys the tone and ethos of the period, and combines the excitement of an adventure story with the wit of a comedy of manners and the intelligence of a first-class historical novel. The quick-witted Eastman, the fastidious Chase and the licentious O'Rourke show us a world which is multi-faceted, marvellously detailed and potently dramatic. The novel is a dazzling achievement by one of our finest writers. inventory #3385.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good ++. Fourth Impression. 593 pages. Brown background dustjacket with moderate wear to edges and corners, price-clipped. Clean dark green hardback binding with bright gilt-coloured titles to spine. Light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Page-edges yellowed o/w pages very clean and tidy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Third Printing. Some foxing and shelf wear to unclipped DJ, corners lightly bumped, ink gift message to inside front cover, some foxing to edges of reading block. ; First edition, third printing. Petrol blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, map endpapers. DJ artwork "The Veranda of Mr Kinsman's Residence, Macau"c1840. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 600 pages; A novel of corruption, greed, race, love, and treachery set in Macao and Canton during the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Map endpapers. Page edges a little age toned.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear and publisher's price sticker. Mo's third and most important book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket browning to edges rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 1986 near fine hardback, browning to page edges and page margins, in a near fine dust wrapper, spine lightly sunned. Protected by clear removable archival covering. No inscription. Not price clipped. Endpaper Maps. 593 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First UK Edition of author's third book--NAP. Price clipped. Not a remainder. Tanning to page edges as expected from an English publisher in 1986. Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1986 first edition. Turquoise cloth, gilt titles, pictorial dustjacket in removable plastic sleeve, map illustrated endpapers. Condition: Very good. Age-toning. Dj a little grubby to inside edges of dj. Size: 9.5x6in / 24x15cm. 591pp. Weight: 955g. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The book is bright and firm with some browning, the dj (unclipped) has a little shelfwear Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Booker shortlisted. SIGNED by Mo with name only. Near fine with some toning to page block, in fine unclipped jacket. Signed by Author(s).