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Published by Peter Davies, 1969
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1969. revised edition . 155 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Tape marks to free end papers and pastedowns. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.
Published by Medina Publishing, Limited, 2016
ISBN 10: 1909339733ISBN 13: 9781909339736
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Published by Davies, 1967
ISBN 10: 0432028005ISBN 13: 9780432028001
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.74.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Revised Edition. 155pp. Illustrated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Peter Davies, 1967
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1967. Revised Edition. 155 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout with colour illustrated frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water marking to spine and front panel. Light foxing overall.
Published by E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. [nd], ca 1935. Blue cloth with gilt spine titles, heavily sunned/faded to spine and margins, points of fraying to corners and spine tips, thin tape ghosts across bottom edges. Browning at front outer hinge, likely glue bleed (from publication). Spine square. Rear inner hinge starting, but intact; binding sound. Dust jacket in three pieces, with full vertical splits at both hinges; protected in fully removable Mylar, which presently keeps the DJ in place. DJ also heavily browned, edgeworn, with minor to moderate loss at edges. Light staining to textblock edges. Endsheets browned with glue bleed from publication. Interior toned, else clean; text unmarked.
Published by E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., New York [no date]
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Very tastefully professionally rebound in the manner of the original, with light blue cloth with printed paper label on spine, clean tight and unmarked.
Published by Peter Davies Ltd., London, 1967
Seller: B A Downie Dog Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. revised edition, 155 pages + illustrations. Blackcloth on boards with gold lettering on spine. Previous owners' name written neatly on the front free endpaper otherwise fine. Interior otherwise bright & clean. Illustrated with b/w photos, all present. A great book on the history of the Pekingese. Contents include: Part I - In Far Cathay (The Pekingese Dog in Days of Old); Part II - Holding the Mirror up to Nature (The Pekingese Dog in Chinese Art); Part III - The Darling of the Western World (The Pekingese Dog To-day); and )Part IV - A Plea for the Preservation of the Quaint Characteristics of the Wise Little Chinese Dog. There is an old Pekingese bookmark laid in, along with an article on "The Lion-Dog of China, (Ascribed by certain authorities to her Imperial Majesty Tse-Hsi, Dowager Empress of the Flowery land of Confucius.) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Peter Davies Ltd, 1967
Seller: Bopcap Books, Manchester, LANCS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Peter Davies Ltd (1967). First revised edition hardback of book originally published in 1931. Some superficial wear to dustjacket, possibly caused by damp storage and some very light foxing to top edge of text block but book is in Good+ condition with clean, unmarked pages which are free from notes and underlining and no marking to clothbound boards.
Published by Peter Davies Ltd., London, 1931
Seller: B A Downie Dog Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 246 pages + illustrations. Yellow cloth on boards with black lettering on spine. Cover is worn & the spine is darkened. Occasional very pale foxing on the first few pages. Previous owners' name written neatly on the front free endpaper. Interior otherwise are bright & clean. Illustrated with b/w photos, all present. A great book on the history of the Pekingese. Contents include: Part I - In Far Cathay (The Pekingese Dog in Days of Old); Part II - Holding the Mirror up to Nature (The Pekingese Dog in Chinese Art); Part III - The Darling of the Western World (The Pekingese Dog To-day); and )Part IV - A Plea for the Preservation of the Quaint Characteristics of the Wise Little Chinese Dog. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Peter Davies Ltd., London, 1931
Seller: B A Downie Dog Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, 246 pages + illustrations. Yellow cloth on boards with black lettering on spine. Cover shows some wear, spine age-darkened. Street address neatly written at top of the front free endpaper & the back endpaper. Interior bright & clean. Illustrated with b/w photos. All illustrations present. A great book on the history of the Pekingese. Contents include: Part I - In Far Cathay (The Pekingese Dog in Days of Old); Part II - Holding the Mirror up to Nature (The Pekingese Dog in Chinese Art); Part III - The Darling of the Western World (The Pekingese Dog To-day); and )Part IV - A Plea for the Preservation of the Quaint Characteristics of the Wise Little Chinese Dog. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Peter Davies, 1967
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Type: Book 1st printing. DJ complete, shows use with light chipping. Book believed unread.
Published by Peter Davies Ltd, London, 1967
Seller: CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition (first published in 1931). Hardback copy in black cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. No dustjacket. 155pp. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographic plates. Not library copy, ink inscription dated 1967 to ffep. (32/1).
Published by London : Peter Davies Ltd, 1931
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; [12], 245 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Dogs History. Pekingese dog. 1 Kg.
Published by Peter Davies Ltd, 1931
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
Book
hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Being the Astonishing History of the Pekingese Dog. The copyright page has First Published in November 1931. No additional printings are indicated. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Published by London : Peter Davies Ltd, 1931
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; [12], 245 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Dogs History. Pekingese dog. 1 Kg.
Published by Peter Davies, London, 1931
Seller: J. and S. Daft, Lichfield, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Very nice copy. Surface of spine of DW very sl. rubbed.
Published by Peter Davies. London, 1932
Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
pp. (xii), 245, (iii). Frontispiece, 12 plates. Original cloth without dust wrapper, a very good copy.
Published by London: Peter Davies, 1931
Seller: J & S L Bonham ABA ILAB PBFA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 244, illustrations. original yellow cloth, spine a little faded, dust-jacket (worn).
Published by Peter Davies, 1931, 1931
Seller: Pali, Roma, RM, Italy
Book
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very good copy in the original yellow cloth, just moderately soiled, 245p., appendix, 13 b.w. photos illustrating 16 individual dogs, chronology. S C A R C E. The history of the famous mascot dog of Peking and N. China. Based on copious research, assisted by celebrated Sinologists: Prof. H. Giles, Florence Ayscough, W. Collier and breeders. Contents: The dog that became a lion, Favorites of the Emperor, Literary resources. The Pekingese in Japan. Hunting dogs of Kublai Khan, Sleeve dog of the Manchus, their life in the Forbidden City and under the rule of the eunuchs. Superstitions and legacy, Pekingese dog in the days of old, as found in Chinese art, how it is today. Standard points drawn up by the Pekingese Club.
Seller: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
London [1931], Davies. Yellow cloth, 245p., appendix, very good, 13 b.w. photos, illustrating 16 individual dogs, chro- nology. S C A R C E The history of the famous mascot dog of Peking and N. China. Based on copious research, this work has been assisted with celebrated Sinologists: Prof. H. Giles, Florence Ayscough & W. Collier and breeders, to just mention a few. Covers the dog that became a lion, favorites of the Emperor, literary resources. The Pekingese in Japan. Hunting dogs of Kublai Khan, of cats, sleeve dog of the Manchus, their life in the Forbidden City and under the rule of the eunuchs. Superstit- ions and legacy, Pekingese dog in the days of old, as found in Chinese art, how it is today. Standard points drawn up by the Pekingese Club. A Fascinating resource. Scans can be sent by email.