This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... VII FOREIGN RELATIONS THE subject of the earlier foreign relations with China can only be dealt with here in the briefest manner possible--merely so far as to enable the reader to understand the later relations between China and the outer world. Those readers who may be anxious to acquire some further ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... VII FOREIGN RELATIONS THE subject of the earlier foreign relations with China can only be dealt with here in the briefest manner possible--merely so far as to enable the reader to understand the later relations between China and the outer world. Those readers who may be anxious to acquire some further knowledge of this interesting subject will find in the works of the Jesuit Fathers, of Davis, Yule, Richthofen, and other writers, a large fund of information. At eras far apart China has been distinguished by different appellations, says Yule, "according as it was regarded as the terminus of a southern searoute coasting the great peninsula and islands of Asia, or as that of a northern land traversing the longitude of that continent. In the former aspect the name applied has nearly always been some form of the name Sin, Chin, Sinae, China. In the latter point of view the region in question was known to the ancients as the land of Seres; to the Middle Ages as the Empire of Cathay." 1 1 "The region of the Seres is a vast and populous country, touching on the east the ocean and the limits of the habitable world; and extending west nearly to Imaus and the confines of Bactria. The people are civilized men, of mild, just, and frugal temper; eschewing colli Besides Ptolemy, Pliny has notices of the Seres, whose country he places upon the eastern ocean of the extremity of Asia. The information contained in these two authors was all that was available down to the time of Justinian, and, though the account given by them was not of a very comprehensive character, their description of the Chinese of that time is, as Yule remarks, applicable to-day. The old reputation of the Seres for honesty is frequently referred to by Yule: "Indeed, Marco's whole...
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Add this copy of China in Transformation to cart. $18.89, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1898 by Harper & Brothers.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Quarto. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration on covers and backstrip. Bumped corners and scuffed edges. Water stained pages. Slight foxing. Loose binding but also tight in places. Frontispiece of 'Li Hung Chang and the Author Discussing Affairs, Drawn from life. ' Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1000grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of China in Transformation to cart. $44.69, very good condition, Sold by Anthony C. Hall rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Isleworth, MIDDX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1898.
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vii, 398pp frontispiece, 4 folding coloured maps, 12 diagrams in text, Harper & Bros., London 1898. Very good copy in the original gilt-decorated blue cloth.
Add this copy of China in Transformation to cart. $22.00, good condition, Sold by Collins Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1900 by Harper & Brothers.
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Good. 396pp plus folding map in rear pastedown envelope, green cloth with gilt titles, light pencil to the pages, pencil notations on rear endpaper, tight binding, slim dampstain to lower right corner of front cover.
Add this copy of China in Transformation to cart. $52.00, very good condition, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1900 by Harper & Brothers.
Add this copy of China in Transformation to cart. $61.00, very good condition, Sold by Xerxes Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Glen Head, NY, UNITED STATES.
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New York 1900 (1898 first edition) Harper. Hardcover. Octavo, 397pp., illustrations, text map, 3 large foldout maps in rear pocket, publisher ads, original green cloth with gilt lettering. VG Plus. no dj. excellent condition. no owner marks.
Add this copy of China in Transformation to cart. $117.00, very good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1899 by Harper & Brothers.
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Very Good. Size: 0x0x0; [An English View of China at the 19th Century's End] A particularly attractive copy. Bound in publisher's green cloth, with gold lettering. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. First few pages and front hinge starting. Clean, unmarked pages. ix, [1], 397 p. : illus., folding maps in rear pocket; 22 cm.
Add this copy of China in Transformation to cart. $57.00, very good condition, Sold by Craig Olson Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Islesboro, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1899 by Harper & Brothers Publishers.
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Very Good. ix, 397 pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gold embossed titling to cover and spine which has darkened ever so slightly. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Folding map facing first chapter is in Fine condition, illustrated in text throughout, three folding maps are tucked in tipped in folder at rear and are in Fine condition as well.
Add this copy of China in Transformation to cart. $68.07, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.
Add this copy of China in Transformation to cart. $82.00, very good condition, Sold by Clausen Books, RMABA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Colorado Springs, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1912 by Harper & Brothers Publishers.
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Two Maps, Facsimiles, 16 Half-tones, Four-color Frontispiece. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light aging, else textblock is clean and tight, textual maps and folded maps. Dust soiled top edge. Spine-sunned red cloth, bumped spine extremities, Lacks the original paper dust jacket, now protected by fitted, clear, five-mil mylar; 303p., including appendix.
