In an absorbing account of a frontier family's rise to local eminence, from its pioneer days in eighteenth-century Taiwan through its attainment of gentry status there a century later, Johanna Meskill presents not just a family history but a social history of late imperial China as well. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions ...
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In an absorbing account of a frontier family's rise to local eminence, from its pioneer days in eighteenth-century Taiwan through its attainment of gentry status there a century later, Johanna Meskill presents not just a family history but a social history of late imperial China as well. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Very Good. Publisher: Princeton Univ PrDate of Publication: 1979Binding: hardcoverEdition: 1979 no other datesCondition: Near FineDescription: Fine, crisp, clean, unread hardcover with dust jacket! The dust jacket is clean with no chips. The prior owner has placed a signed book plate on the second end paper-no other signs of age.
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Used Good in Good jacket. Dust Jacket has some edge and corner wear, some scuffing, but still intact. Front and back covers have wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with edge or corner wear. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
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VG+ in VG+ jacket. Octavo. Pea green cloth covered boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine. Book has light bumping at the head and tail of the spine with a trace of accompanying rubbing. Just the faintest trace of rubbing at the very tips of the outside corners. Gilt lettering on the spine is no longer shiny, but is still gold in color and readable. Tan endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 375 pages. Dust Jacket-has very light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the very tips of the outside corners. White spot on the rear cover about the size of a felt tipped pen dot where the color was chipped off. Upper corner of the front inside flap has been price clipped. Not perfect, but a tight, clean copy with a nice overall appearance.
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Fine. Softcover. Fine. 375 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrations. Absorbing account of ma frontier family's rise to local eminence from pioneer hardship to gentry affluence in late imperial china.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1979. First edition, 1979. Grass green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, color illustrated frontis, 374 pages with index, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in fine condition, looks and feels about new, with sound text block, good hinges, very clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
