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1st ed., 256 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm OCLC 6829571 ; ISBN: 9780385156738, 0385156731 LCCN 79006852 Classification - LC DS705 .A4 Classification - Dewey 951.00321 ; photographic stiff paper wrappers ; A brief account of the history of opium smoking in China together with ( pp . 175-176 ) a photograph purporting to show two opium smokers , one of whom is actually smoking a water pipe, for tobacco ; Rita Aero has written more than 15 books and is an award-winning book designer. She has organized hundreds of tours for adult visitors to Walt Disney World. She lives in Sausalito, CA. ; Topics arranged alphabetically include Abacus, Acupuncture, Agriculture, Alchemy, Alligators, Amulets and Charms, Ancestor Worship, Anesthetics, Apricots, Architecture, Art of War, Astrology, Astronomical instruments, Bamboo, Banks, Bats, Beads, Bees, Begging, Bells, Birds in cages, Bird's nest soup, Boats, Book burning, Book of Changes, Book of Documents, Book of medicine, Book of rewards and punishments, Book of rites, Book of Songs, Bowing, Bridges, Bronze, Brushes, Buddhism, Butterfly, Calendars, Calligraphy, Camellia, Canal locks, Carp, Carpets, Carving, Cassia, Cats, Cedrela, Celestial principle, Celibacy, Checkers, Cherry, Chess, Child rearing, Chopsticks, etc etc ; book has a defect in that pages 33-48 are repeated, and pages 49-65 are absent, which makes this merely a reading copy, although condition is fine ; POOR.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Things Chinese 中國事物
Author
Aero, Rita ; Clarence Shangraw, George Csicsery, Philip Hood, Kathy Ingley, Laura Israel, Daphne Lucke, Walter Schaefer, Chryl Haynes, Staphanie Rick, Jim Webb, Tan Chang, Sharon Deveaux, Scott Bartlett, Judy Maas, Susan Schwartz
Publisher
Dolphin Books, Doubleday & Company, Garden City, N.Y., 1980
Publication year
1980
Condition
Poor
Dust jacket
No Jacket
Book Type
Book
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0385156731
ISBN 13
9780385156738
Illustrator
Illustrated
Edition
1st Edition.

Joseph Valles - Books

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