Published by Hale, 1946
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1946. First Edition. 207 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Light tanning to spine and edges.
Published by Woman's World Library # 368, British, 1956
Seller: John Thompson, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with some lift marks on the top left corner of the back cover and the covers show light wear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Language: English
Published by Robert Hale, London, 1947
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 11.07
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in a Very Good Dust-Jacket,with just a little light rubbing and wear to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped,and there are NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with No leaning to spine.The d/j comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve,8vo 368pp First Edition 1st Impression [1947].
Published by Robert Hale, 1947, 1947
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 10.38
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (edges creased and nicked - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 368, illus with b&w photos (front free endpaper removed; no inscriptions; some spotting to fore-edge and endpapers).
Published by Robert Hale, London, 1951
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Owner's name on front free end paper; binding tight. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).
Language: English
Published by Furman, NY, 1939
Seller: Mitchell Books, Hemet, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Lancing, George, Lotus Blossom, Furman, NY, 1939, first edition / first printing, a historical novel set in China, very good in a very good dust jacket.
US$ 13.82
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Jacket intact but toen in several places. Light brown boards with black titles to spine. Binding good. Pages clean and bright. No marks.368 pages. Photograph available on request.
Published by London, Hale, 1945
Seller: Cotswolds Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A clean bright tight copy - no inscriptions.
Published by Robert Hale, 1947
Seller: Little Owl Books, Norwich, NORFO, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Ed., Hard cover brown cloth bds, VG, unclipped d/w, Good- some edgewear/chipping, particularly at spine ends and corners, pp368.
US$ 13.15
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. In good, clean. lightly read condition. However tanning to pages.Some markings on cover and bumps to edges of cover. Shipped from the UK within 2 business days of order being placed.
Published by Hale, 1946
Seller: Cotswolds Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.49
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Publishers original file copy. DJ has minor edgewear.
Published by Lee Furman, New York, 1939
Seller: Augustine Funnell Books, Fredericton, NB, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. H. Hurd (dust jacket illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. Set in China, and telling in fictional form the story of the Empress Dowager. The story of a beautiful young woman named Orchid who, on her way to Pekin to meet her betrothed, meets "the handsome young son of a country cobbler." An unusual relationship is subsequently formed between the girl who has grown up "with the feeling that she was one day destined to be the Empress of China," and the young man whose service as palace attendant in the Imperial Court requires that he first be castrated (that is one *hell* of a job-description requirement). Red cloth w/black spine lettering, 362 pages (including appendix). A bit cocked, discoloured/lightly stained cover edges, tanned/lightly soiled edges, gift inscription to previous owner, in significantly worn dust jacket. A scarce title in any condition, especially with a dust jacket. Jacket in protective mylar sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Pas de jaquette. Nederlands, hardcover, goede staat, 471 blz., pakketpost.
Published by Lancing George, 1951
Seller: Cotswolds Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 17.64
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In great condition. No inscriptions. DJ not price clipped.
Published by Kruseman. ongedateerd., Den Haag.
Seller: MINTAKA Libros, Sevilla, SE, Spain
Harde kaft. TEXT IN NEERLANDS. TEKST IN NEERLANDS. 471 pg. ILLUSTRATIES. Rein van looy. Envio C.REMBOLSO tiene un SOBRECOSTE de 4,00 EUR. 675 gr. 15 x 22 cm. GOEDE VOORWAARDE Tekenen van gebruik en enkele roestvlekken in het interieur.
US$ 23.33
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCondition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition book. Loss to the top of the spine of the dust jacket. Firm textblock. A good copy.
Published by Robert Hale London 1945, 1945
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small octavo 192pp., Nice copy in a slightly chipped dust jacket.
Published by Hale London 1946, 1946
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small octavo 207pp., A love story of a Chinese Emperor. Ownership signature o/w nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket.
Published by Hale, GB, 1947
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 12.59
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+ Sl Repaired DW. 1st Edition.
Published by Lee Furman, Inc., New York, 1939
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Lee Furman, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Clean orange cloth boards with black spine, gold lettering and decoration on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 362 pgs. Clean DUSTJACKET is price clipped, slight wear to corner tips and top spine edge, hint of spine fading, tiny chip (smaller than a pea) to spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Charming historical novel of the Empress Dowager of China. 8vo. historical Fiction.
Published by Hale, GB, 1947
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 15.53
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: nrFine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+ DW. 1st Edition.
Published by Robert Hale, London, 1947
Seller: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 20.68
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. 16mo construction (printer's signatures each 16 leaves). Green, cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Minor wear only to the book, no inscriptions. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, small loss at the spine ends and wear at the extremities, protected by a clear removable cover. Weysprings Books is a professional member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None stated - assumed 1st. The jacket is a bit rubbed and edgeworn but has suffered minimal paper loss. The page edges are a little discoloured; otherwise internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Het Goede Boek, Bussum (zonder jaar)
Seller: Handled With Care, Bocholt, Belgium
Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Good. In goede staat. Hardcover. Linnen. Geà llustreerd. Shelfwear.
Published by Het Goede Boek, Bussum (zonder jaar)
Seller: Handled With Care, Bocholt, Belgium
Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Good. In goede staat. Hardcover. Linnen. Geà llustreerd. Shelfwear.
Published by Lee Furman Inc, New York, 1939
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition, Advance Review slip tipped in. H. Hurd dustjacket art. Unusual China set historical novel of a woman who becomes one of the emperor's concubines, and the man who loves her is made into a eunuch. Near Fine but for some cloth discoloration at gutters, in Very Good dustjacket, spine mildly faded.
Language: English
Published by Robert Hale, 1951
Seller: Westmoor Books, Bedale, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 138.35
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Robert Hale, 1951. Condition: Good. 1951. 336 pages. Pictorial dust jacket. Binding is firm. Pen inscription to endpaper. Light tanning and thumb marking throughout. Mild foxing, mainly affecting the endpapers and page edges. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Jacket has light edge wear with some tears and chipping.taped to reverse side presumably to strengthen at some point. The book is inscribed to 'Miss Berry, kindhearted 'Angel at the Gate'' from 'the author'.Laid in is a letter to Miss Berry from Bluebell Hunter, aka George Lancing. Inscribed by Author(s).
London. Edit. Robert Hale Limited, 1945. 192 p. 8º. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada con cortes. Buen ejemplar. 1ª edición. 1st edition. Book in english. Literatura inglesa. Novela. Novela histórica.
Published by London: Robert Hale, 1945
Seller: Ethnographics, Georgetown, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1stedn; 8vo VG/vgdj: 365pp/cf other titles= orig engl titles= Lotus Blossom. Dragon in Chains. The Manchu Empress.
Published by London: Robert Hale, 1946
Seller: Ethnographics, Georgetown, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 8vo green cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to spine and panels. Ow VG/vgdj: 207pp. Illustrated dust jacket. The Manchu Tongzhi Emperor his wife and his mothers, the empress dowagers Cixi and An how his birth mother plotted his death to preserve her rule; first formal reception of foreign ambassadors by the emperor in an outbuilding used to receive minor tributaries Hall of Pole Star Effulgence [Beidou] Confucius say: A virtuous ruler is like the virtuous ruler which keeps its place while all the other stars circle around it, doing homage. Signed by Author(s).