Black and white woodcut illustrations in 2 volumes, original dark green cloth covered boards stamped and ruled in blind. Professionally rebacked with the original gilt stamped spines laid down and new endpapers. Vol I: iv + 395pp. Vol II: iv + 459pp, index. Quite a few pages uncut, some clumsily opened, very faint age toning to the text block but very good firm and clean copies. A new edition that offers a lively description of many aspects of Chinese life first published in 1836. Sir John Davis served with the East India Company and later became Governor of Hong Kong. Seller Inventory # 174126

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Title: The Chinese. A General Description of The ...

Publisher: Knight & Co., London.

Publication Date: 1840

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: New Edition.

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Asia Bookroom is a specialised bookseller in Canberra, the capital of Australia. We specialise in books on Asia with smaller sections on the Pacific and the Middle East. We issue over 30 regular lists featuring recent arrivals of books and other paper material in our specialist areas. Our lists are available by e-mail, in printed form by post or by browsing our web page. Please let us know if you would like to be on our mailing list. We run a bricks and mortar premises in a commercial area which you are most welcome to visit. We are open by appointment or by chance. Our hours are posted for the following week on our website www.AsiaBookroom.com

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Weekend Gallery Books T/A Asia Bookroom
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