Behind the Scenes in Peking - Being Experiences During the Siege of the Legations
Published by London: John Murray, 1910.
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The BookChase, Wiscasset, ME, U.S.A.The BookChase
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Condition: Used - Good
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First edition. G/-. Gold cloth, gilt lettering and illustration. Lightly rubbed at extremities, a little board exposed lower front corner, spine slightly discolored. Endpapers heavily foxed, a little scattered foxing on a few text pages, ownership ffep, otherwise clean throughout, binding and hinges sound. Foldout map is age-toned along one of the folds, is intact. Illustrated with b&w photographs. This copy is INSCRIBED by the author on the front free endpaper. The author's experiences, taken from her diary entries, during the Siege of the Legations which occurred during the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900.
Seller Inventory # 8784
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Behind the Scenes in Peking - Being Experiences During the Siege of the Legations
- Author
- Hooker, Mary
- Publisher
- London: John Murray, 1910.
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 3 pounds
The BookChase
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