codrington florence (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Nancy Ruxton (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 96pp. within illustrated yellow boards with title to upper cover .backed by a blue cloth spine.Foxed end-papers with a prize label to the front paste-down and a former owner's name to the front free end-paper otherwise clean and unmarked internally. The author a Missionary in China wrote this book for English children to describe the life of the "yellow children" to Edwardian England. She describes "dirty narrow streets, and houses with queer roofs" etc.It's certainly not politically correct but an interesting insight into the China of old. The book has been "used" but remains in good order though the boards are chipped to the edges with corners knocked, but otherwise complete and very good for its age.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 115pp. A book written for children where a Christian missionary explains her work in China. illustrated with a mix of line drawings and photographs. Internally clean and sound apart from a few pencil annotations. Externally the boards are worn and stained, with signs of handling. There is no title page as such, but neither is there evidence of one being removed. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK. Non-UK customers please only order with the air / fast shipping service.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Rubbing to boards. Narrow split to gutter at title page. Some foxing. Previous owner's inscription dated 1919 on front endpaper "Dorothy Quintrell / from Dr. G. E. Weeks / 16/x/19". Previous owner's rubber name stamp "D. G. Spencer". Later label "Glen Historic Collection / Southland". ; Uncommon. 104 pages. Colour frontispiece. Blue cloth boards with black lettering and illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 205 x 156mm. Children's book about life in China. Colour illustrations throughout. Full page and in-text illustrations. Printed in Holland. Contents: We Go To Chinaland Again; What We See in a Chinese Street; We See the Bridge of a Thousand Ages; We See Water-Babies, and Hear About River Dragons; We See Fishing Birds and Kites; What We See on the Hills - and a Buffalo Story; What We See in a Farmhouse; About Babies in Blue, Rice and Tea Gardens; The Story of a Boy Scholar in Old China; The Story of a Girl Student in New China. By the author of "Children in Blue". The author was a missionary with the Church of England Zenanana Missionary Society in Fuh-Kien Province, China.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 101. Original publishers illustrated yellow cloth, lettered gilt on front cover. With twenty original drawings by Nancy Ruxton. Slight rubbing and soiling to cloth and slight tanning to endpapers, otherwise sound, about very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo, 23.2*19.8cm, 64pp, plus 10 plates. Very good hardcover now protected in mylar. Photos available upon request.

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1896 edition. 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. Pages: 24 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. 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: 24 Codrington, Florence.

LeatherBound. Zustand: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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 1896 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 and contains approximately 24 pages. 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. Language: swe Volume 1896.