Elgin's Mission to China and Japan
by Oliphant, Laurence, 1829-1888
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0196410045
- ISBN 13
- 9780196410043
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About This Item
Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2 vols. color plates (including frontises), 4 folding maps, xii, xiii, 492, xi, 496p. Original plum-colored cloth. djs. 22cm. Backstrips faded. Reprint of the 1859 Edinburgh edition which was titled "Narrative of the Early of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan...." This Oxford edition has a new Introduction by J. J. Gerson.
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- Bookseller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78896
- Title
- Elgin's Mission to China and Japan
- Author
- Oliphant, Laurence, 1829-1888
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0196410045
- ISBN 13
- 9780196410043
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Hong Kong
- Date Published
- 1970
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Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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