Ronald Farquharson (24 results)

Condition: Good. First edition. Signed by the author. Light wear to boards. Content has toningto page ends. No DJ.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 192 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Black fabric covers. Author photo glued to page opposite title page and original cover from dust jacket partially glued to title page. Spine slightly cocked. Mostly clean inside with a touch of foxing to endpapers and edges. Original owner inscription on front endpaper dated 1955, and personalized ink stamp on top edge. In very good shape considering age. Record # 30650.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in near fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. 8vo. 224 pp. In protective Mylar.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hodder & Stoughton 1954 first edition. Some minor foxing to pages, text clean and bright, binding split in places, shelf wear to dust jacket, price clipped. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Albert Orbaan (illustrator). First Edition. Book is in fine condition under a jacket that is intact but has some watermarking on the rear panel. Author's personal reminiscences of China during the decade before World War Two.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green coated cloth boards, gilt spine titles, moderate corner, edge wear. Pages very good, no writing. A Map of China (with scale of miles) in red on white border relief on beige endpapers. Bind strong, hinges intact. Presents Ronald Farquharson's first-hand experiences in China prior to World War Two and the communist take over. 212 pages. Vintage name at frt. endp. Good plus-near very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

1st edition. Green cloth with gilt; map end papers. End papers lightly foxed; text clean; binding tight; cloth on spine darkened & worn, with near-illegible lettering Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Endpaper maps, 224pp, first and last leaves and edges lightly foxed, original green cloth marked and worn, lettering on spine illegible. Contents clean and sound. Reading copy. Well observed anecdotes of I.C.I. businessman's life in China during the 1920s.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Very good internal order in bright, clean d/j with a few nicks to edges and small loss to rear and top of spine. Neatly inscribed by author on title page. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Dust wrapper with creasing, rubbing, edge and corner wear, small tears top/bottom of spine and corners, marksand scratches, Repaired on reverse with cellotape which has browned, foxing marks on reverse. Boards with rubbing, edge and corner wear, Inside boards and Endpapers with spotting. Pages with Age discolouration, odd page with odd mark, slight spotting, Internally Good for a Book of this Age - Quick flick through pages could not see any further issues, binding tight, A Good personal copy. Price clipped dust wrapper has now been fitted with removable archive acetate film. **593g** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp224 ex library d/j.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. fading to bds. pages lightly and evenly browning. Interior very good and clean. Price clipped dustjacket with some tearing to edge and partial losses to corners and spine ends. jacket spine sunning. approx half of jacket front present but detached.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated map endpapers (illustrator). 1st Edition. All books outside UK sent airmail and all books sent tracked. PayPal accepted. All dust wrappers are film protected. First Edition. The Author worked in China in commerce, Pre - The Second World War. Original green cloth with a gilt dragon design, some slight edge spotting but a very good copy in pictorial dust wrapper which is a little marked but complete with the original price.

8vo. x, [2], 212 pp. Green publisher's boards, colour map endpapers of China (edgewear, rubbing, ex-lib markings on endpapers), w/ d.j. cover art by Albert Orbaan (minor chipping head of spine, edgewear, closed tear), still VG-/VG- copy. First American edition of this work detailing the author's travels through Asia during the 1920's and 1930's as salesman and representative for the Imperial Chemical Industries, with details on Shanghai, Tientsin, Hankow & Dairen, just prior to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War.

1st edition orig. decorated cloth Nice copy octavo 224pp., , Inc. much on the author's experiences in Northern China & Manchuria.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo,first edition, pp,192, gilt titled black cloth,pictorial unclipped dust-jacket which hasa little edge-wear and loss to the backstrip. Signed presentation copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. inscribed. Owners name has been covered by biro. Slightly bumped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Signed dedication.

First Edition. Albert Orbaan dustjacket art. Author's first hand experiences in China prior to World War Two and the communist take over. Great Orbaan dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, with some shelf wear and several very short closed tears to top rear panel.

First Edition. Ronald Farquharson went to China in the inter-war years with everything to learn that a Westerner must in order to conduct successful business with the Chinese. With his strong sense of humanity, his humour and tolerance, he learnt quickly. Year after year, he saw more deeply into the traditions of this age-old land, finding in the great heart of countless millions of the Chinese people dignity, pride and sufficiency, and that desire - so tragically unfulfilled - to lead their own way of life undisturbed."My final word is one of affection for the Chinese, particularly those whom I met and knew during my travels through the remoter regions of the country; quite a few among them figure in the pages of this book and are - need I say it - real characters. To each of them, whether they yet survive, or already be journeying towards 'The Yellow Springs' I owe and acknowledge my deepest debt of all. (Dustjacket)The first few pages have spotting but otherwise in a good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Amer edn of 1950 UK 1stedn; sm8vo grn bds, gilt titles to spine, dj flaps pasted over ep maps, ow clean and tight and VG/ndj: x+212pp, map eps ;;British representative of Imperial Chemical Industries was district manager & lived in Shanghai, Tientsin, Hankow, & Dairen. He traveled up & down China for a decade,from the eve of the Sino-Japanese conflict, until 1934;orig 1st=London : Hodder & Stoughton 1950.

8vo. 9 x 6 inches. 224 pp. Bound in original green cloth, gilt with gilt dragon block on front board. Extremities worn, including corners and head and tail of spine, which is sunned. Stain on rear board and some foxing of edges, flyleaves and preliminaries; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by green map endpapers. Reminiscences of a businessman's life and activities in North China, including encounters with Warlords. TRAVEL CHINA TRAVEL ASIA MEMOIRS 20TH CENTURY TRAVEL.

Leatherbound. Condition: 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: 232. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1951 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: 232.