Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912) - In Two Volumes

HUMMEL, Arthur W. (editor)

Verlag: Library of Congress / U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1944

Stout 4to. Pp. xi, 604; 605-1103. Vol. I black sand grain cloth, blind stamped borders, titles and rules stamped in gold on the spine. Vol. II dark blue rib grain cloth, blind stamped borders, titles and rules stamped in gold on the spine. Spine ends and corners just a tad bumped, Vol. I spine titles oxidized and leaf edges minimally age toned. More than eight hundred biographies of the men and women who made Chinese history, compiled 1934-42. John King Fairbank, in Chinabound, cites this as "the single most important foreign work on modern China" and "a triumph for American sinology," with special credit for Hummel's able staff assistants Fang Chao-ying and Tu Lien-che. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7276

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-...
Verlag: Library of Congress / U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1944
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good+
Auflage: First Edition.