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Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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8vo. Pp. x, 371, appendix. Rebound in 3/4 green leather over floral illustrated boards. Red title label lettered in gilt on spine. Very Good+, some damp staining to bottom edges, light scattered foxing, some fading to spine. "The facts contained in this volume have been derived principally from the English journals published in China, and the official Peking Gazette; from the communications of missionaries, both Protestant and Roman Catholic". Originally published in 1857 as Life of Tai Ping Wang. Seller Inventory # 9746
Title: Rebel Chief; or, The Chinese Insurrection
Publisher: Derby & Jackson, New York
Publication Date: 1860
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Edition: First Thus.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
8vo, pp. x, [2], 370, [2]; original green cloth, gilt title on spine; extremities rubbed, occasional foxing, very good and sound. A derivative account of the life of Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping Rebellion. It had been previously published under the title Life of Tai Ping Wang in 1857. Seller Inventory # 54138