Travels of Hiouen-Thsang, Volume IV Only
by Beal, Samuel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Calcutta: Susil Gupta, 1958. Volume IV ONLY. The last volume of Si-Yu-Ki, Buddhist Records of the Western World. Special book, bound in dark blue with gilt title on spine, printed on slightly off-white rice (?) paper. With striking red print on title page. Some oil and rubbing on jacket. Price clipped. Translated by Samuel beal from the Chinese of Hiuen Thsiang. . New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24071
- Title
- Travels of Hiouen-Thsang, Volume IV Only
- Author
- Beal, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Susil Gupta
- Place of Publication
- Calcutta
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- China, Chinese, India
- Bookseller catalogs
- India;
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The Country Bookshop
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Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- Title Page
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.