mrs cormack (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 3rd Edition. Dust jacket worn on edges Spine dented Name on fly page Pages yellowed with age.

hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, pebbled blur cloth lettered gilt to spine. A reprint of the third edition of 1927. A very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, illustrated, 220pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. second printing. 1923 blue cloth with gilt Chinese Letters to cover. This copy is not as nice as the stock photos. Some fraying at the spine ends and wear at two corners. Cover and spine lightly dulled but all lettering is present and clear. Owner name on ep. 209pp -Quality Counts! All books shipped in Cardboard and all books with dust jackets have mylar jacket protectors.,

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. Folkways of the Chinese upper & official classes, in the area around Beijing (Peking). Stated second edition, considerably expanded. Hardcover, full light blue cloth, gilt titling. General wear, corners bumped & frayed, front free endsheet torn out, front hinge tender, ink name, place, date, rubberstamp inside front cover (Bliss Wiant, a pastor & musician who was head of music at Yenching University, Peking, from 1923-1951), red seal stamped on title page. Text clean; 209 pages; b/w plates. Size: Octavo.

Hardbound. Zustand: Good. Fourth edition, revised. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. A record of traditional Chinese rites and customs as carefully observed and recorded by a sympathetic eye. Topics include the Chinese almanac, births and birthdays, betrothal, marriage, funerals and mourning, customs relating to food, annual festivals and special days, the spirit world in China and more. Annie Cormack and her husband, Dr. James G. Cormack lived many years in China between 1890 and 1927, as Dr. Cormack worked as a medical missionary in the country. Both Cormacks developed a deep knowledge of Chinese language and culture, and affection for the people. Foxing on page fore-edges and EPs, as well as internal pages in proximity to illustrations. Internal pages otherwise unmarked; binding strong although a few internal pages, particularly in proximity to illustrations, also exhibit foxing. 264 pp., 31 b&w photos, index. Size: 22 x 14 cm.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. 3rd Edition. Third ed.; 220 p., clean and unmarked on strong paper only mildly age-toned; frontis. period photos and other period photos within; front end page torn out; rear gutter cracked but binding firm; clean, deep azure boards with still bright gilt lettering have only very light rubbing at crown and foot of spine, and light bumping of corners. Inlaid errata slip.

pp. (xiv), 220, (iv). Frontispiece and 14 plates. Original blue cloth gilt, one leaf of prelims. with a tear at the lower edge, without loss and now repaired, this page with a few small red pigment marks, in other ways a very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Fourth Edition. Revised and Enlarged. 264pp, photos, small glossary. The festivals and rituals of the Chinese Almanac. Clean and tight in unclipped minor missings wrapper in removable sleeve. 900g.

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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. Pages: 262. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1927 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. Language: English Pages: 262.

Zustand: Good. Peking 1923 North China Standard. Octavo, 35pp., photo illustrations, original printed stapled wraps with mounted red label in Chinese. Good plus. Rare.