From McCormick Books, Hartland, MI, U.S.A. Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 13 July 2000
Mild wear, in a mildly edgeworn and lightly rubbed dustjacket with price intact, now in protective mylar. ; MCF04384; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 438 pp. Seller Inventory # 41204
Title: The Vermilion Gate
Publisher: John Day Company
Publication Date: 1953
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Edition: 1st Edition.
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. a novel of a far land. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. The hinges have been meanded preserving the original covers and spine. Solid binding. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 123543257
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. 1953; New York; gray cloth covered boards with red titles; spine and edges are toned; light edge wear; page edges are spotted; no dust jacket; Interior is clean and unmarked; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 439 pages. Seller Inventory # SKU1166357
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. jacket is a bit chipped on the top edges.contents are neat and clean. sound binding. very good copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 70us
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: John M. Gram, Port Huron, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ex-library, mild wear, no outwardly visible library markings, stoutly rebound in binder's library cloth, otherwise clean and sound, firm binding, octavo, 439 pages. Seller Inventory # 037168
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust Wrapper By Bruce Roberts (illustrator). First Edition. 379 pp, illustrated end papers, a period of novel set in China in the early 1930s. Slight edge wear and chipping to the top edge of the dustwrapper. This new novel is set in China in the 1930s, the period of great Moslem rebellion. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Dust Wrapper By Bruce Roberts. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 0202276. Seller Inventory # 0202276
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. PRICE NOT CLIPPED. DJ slightly chipped at top of spine & corners. Seller Inventory # 004285
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. the jacket is shelf rubbed and chipped. some edge wear on the book. small sticker. mild foxing . book remains clear, presentable and intact, very good for its age. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 12yk
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Salusbury Books, GLASGOW, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. *** BOOK in good clean and tight condition. Black boards with red titling on spine and Chinese design on front cover. 378 Pages, maps on endpapers, owner's name neatly on flyleaf and very small on fep. *** DUSTJACKET: pictorial with Chinese designs, very small chips to spine ends, edges show light shelf wear. Not price clipped. *** CONTENTS: The novel is set in the 1930s during a Muslim revolt, and is notable for the vivid descriptions and the author's abhorrence of corruption. Unusual book to find in UK. Size: 220x140mm. Seller Inventory # 000743
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: D. A. Horn Books, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "Lin Yutang has set his new novel about China in the early 1930s - the period of the great Moslem Rebellion. .novel typical of Lin Yutang at his best. There are vivid descriptions of natural scenery, the beautiful lake of Sunganor set like a jewel in the mountains of Kansu, the monastery of the lamas of Dingkor Gompa, and throughout the whole story there is the author's characteristic disdain for corrupt and cruel officials and his sympathy for the poor and oppressed. In fact he takes his title from a line of poetry by Tu Fu: 'Within the vermilion gates, / meats and wines go to waste / While on the roadside lie the / frozen bodies of the poor." --- Original black cloth boards, lettered red on spine with red motif on front board (20.1 cm height). Endpapers: tinted map showing area of China - part of Outer Mongolia, Chinese Turkestan, Tibet, Inner Mongolia. Illustrated dustwrapper, price-clipped, chipping to joints - now closed, water stain to lower half of front wrap. Now protected. Design: Bruce Roberts. Pp. 379. Seller Inventory # 020887
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: A Good Read, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. PO name in ink on title page. Light tanning to text. Light rubbing on edges of d/j now in brodart. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 379 pages. Seller Inventory # 216658
Quantity: 1 available