Observations on China and the Chinese

by W. L. G. Smith, late U. S. Consul

$75 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

New York: Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway. Late Bird & Carleton. , 1863. First edition, 8vo, pp. iii -xii, 1 , 14-216; original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; spine dull old sticker remains at base of spine, bookplate of the Concord Free Public Library released , and evidence of removal on front pastedown; binding is sound and the text is clean. An historical perspective on mid-19th century China and its complex relationship with Western powers,

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