The Great Within. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER
The Great Within. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER | Rare and modern books | Collis Maurice
Rare and modern books
Collis Maurice
Faber,
1941
The Great Within. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER
The Great Within. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER | Rare and modern books | Collis Maurice
Rare and modern books
Collis Maurice
Faber,
1941
170.20 €
(Devon,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1941
- Author
- Collis Maurice
- Publishers
- Faber
- Keyword
- mstock, far east, china, peking, beijing, forbidden city, collis, maurice collis
- Languages
- English
Description
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title in red and black, plates, maps in the text and large folding map at end, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original purple cloth, gilt back, yellow top, boards lightly faded at lower edge else a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped and frayed at edges. Crisp copy of Collis's chronological account of Peking, the Forbidden City, and Chinese dynastic history from the end of the Ming period. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
