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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 332 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates. Owner name on front flyleaf, else near fine condition. (R5).
Published by London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. B&W illustrations. Condition: two small edge-tears, slight nicking & minor discoloration to DJ; lower corners of front & back covers bumped; else VG/VG. 332 pages.
Published by John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1938
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London: John Lane the Bodley Head 1938 Hardcover. First edition "The strange and delicate charm that we find in old Chinese ARt looks out at us from this gallery of the portraits of Chinese laides, famous in two thousand years of the history of their country . Some of them were wives, some courtesans, some empresses, but they were all women who had power and knew how to wield it". Rust [orange-brown] cloth with gold gilt spine lettering, 332 pages, illustrated [in black-and-white from Chinese originals], sources, index. Very good with fore-edge foxing in very good jacket some toning to the spine which is worn at the ends, partial sticker/ghost to the upper right corner of the front panel clphE.
Published by John Lane / the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1938
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Rough w/ Protective Cover. First Edition. Some light rubbing and edgewear, minor spotting on covers. DJ is missing a 1" by 1 1/2" chunk at the head of spine, has a 1 1/2" tear near right corner on front cover and a 6" tear on the front cover from upper left corner to the middle, in addition there are numerous small chips and tears, as well as rubbing, discoloration and yellowing. Text has loosened slightly in binding and yellowed with age, but has no ownership markings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1941
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. The author writes in her Introduction: "As a great admirer of Chinese women I have endeavoured to piece together in this book the details of the lives of a few outstanding personages." No publishing date is listed. Tight binding and clean, unmarked text. No shelfwear. 8 plates of women displaying their fashion. Sources and Index at end. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 332 pages.
Published by John Lane, London
Seller: Glenbower Books, Dublin, Ireland
Hardcover. 1938, 1st, hb, no dw, 8vo, 332pp, illust, vg.
Published by John Lane, London, 1938
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
8vo, pp. 332. Illustrated. A nice copy in little worn dj. The lives of ten Chinese women of history: some wives, some courtesans, some empresses, but all powerful.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1941 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 332 Language: English Pages: 332.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1940 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 332 Language: English Pages: 332.
Published by John Lane,, 1938
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Jacket flap laid in, nice copy ; 332 pages.
Published by Boadley Head, London
Seller: Page After Page, Box Hill, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1938-1st ed., h/c original cloth, 323pp, 20x14.5, browning to side edge, light browning to f/s and several pages, small shop stamp on f/s, b/w plates. Chinese women of prominence through history, from Confucian times to the Empress Tz'u Hsi, the feminist Pan Chad. A nice historical package.
Published by The Bodley Head, London, 1938
First Edition
Hardcover. 332p., illustrated with scattered b&w reproductions, hardbound in openweave pumpkin-pie- orange cloth gilt and dustjacket; top edge tinted, untrimmed edges, a beautiful production in near-fine condition (dj is very faintly handled with a touch of dust).
Published by John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1938
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 332pp. Foxing on first and last few leaves, else near fine in a bit soiled else near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author.
Published by John Lane, the Bodley Head
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Photograph available on request.
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London, 1940
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Light Gray Cloth. Condition: Very Good (in mylar). Plates (illustrator). First Edition. Front gutter has clear-tape repair. Usual age toning to end papers and edges, else textblock is clean and tight. Binding protected by clear, 3-mil mylar dust jacket, toned spine and edges; Lacks dust jacket; 298p., including notes and index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Published by Ayer Co Pub, 1941
ISBN 10: 0836912977ISBN 13: 9780836912975
Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Book
hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. book.