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MP3 Audio CD. The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China I OR THE PERSONALITY AND NATIONALITY OF CHARACTERS DISREGARD GRADUALLY "But we must agree that life is good! cried one of the guests, leaning on the arm of his marble-backed seat, in nibbling a water lily root to sugar. - And bad too! replied, between two coughing fits, a other than the spiciness of a delicate shark fin had failed strangle! - Let's be philosophers! then says an older character, whose nose supported a huge pair of glasses with wide glasses, mounted on wooden stems. Today, we risk strangling, and tomorrow everything goes as sweet pass swallowed this nectar! It's life, after all! " And that said, this epicurean, of accommodating mood, swallowed a glass an excellent warm wine, whose light steam escaped slowly from a metal teapot. "As for me," said a fourth guest, "the existence seems to me very acceptable, as long as we do nothing and we have the means to do nothing! -- Fault! retorted the fifth.… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China I OR THE PERSONALITY AND NATIONALITY OF CHARACTERS DISREGARD GRADUALLY "But we must agree that life is good! cried one of the guests, leaning on the arm of his marble-backed seat, in nibbling a water lily root to sugar. - And bad too! replied, between two coughing fits, a other than the spiciness of a delicate shark fin had failed strangle! - Let's be philosophers! then says an older character, whose nose supported a huge pair of glasses with wide glasses, mounted on wooden stems. Today, we risk strangling, and tomorrow everything goes as sweet pass swallowed this nectar! It's life, after all! " And that said, this epicurean, of accommodating mood, swallowed a glass an excellent warm wine, whose light steam escaped slowly from a metal teapot. "As for me," said a fourth guest, "the existence seems to me very acceptable, as long as we do nothing and we have the means to do nothing! -- Fault! retorted the fifth.… Read More

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London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885. Author's Illustrated Editon . Paper Back. Very Good -/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 262pp.; SC (paper on cardboard covers) --- Low's Authorised & Illustrated Edition --- One Shilling series. Blue w/blk.&white-pic.cover; rubbed w/chips&tears; tape repair,ft.hinge; PONbookplate; clean,tight pgs. Fry's Cocoa adverts on bk.cover; illus.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1883. Hardcover. Poor. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer. Contains 8 illustrations. Half leather and marbled boards. Although very rare, this book is in quite poor condition, top board is almost completely detached and the bottom board is only attached very delicately. Leather on spine and cover is worn and cracking, coming away in some places. There is also no readable title, author's name or publisher on the spine. The marbled cover, although a little faded, is intact, however on the back there is a large scuff mark. Inside, the book is relatively clean, bar some page tanning and foxing throughout.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Poor 1883

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 2nd British ed. Brick red cloth rebind with gilt titles to spine. VG copy, light wear to edges, very slight lean, foxing to prelims . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1883.

lee & shepard, 1880 . very good brown binding, name stamp on ep,

New York: Lee & Shepard, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Small, old store stamp on first free endpaper. Handsome edition with a decorative cover and spine with gilded elements. Some edge wear but now protected by an archival, custom-made jacket. Fast shipping with free delivery confirmation.

Boston: Lee & Shephard. 1880. 8vo, original blue cloth boards, gilt decoration to spine, pp 271 plus 9 pp publisher's catalogue. Published Boston: Lee & Shepard/New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1879, dated 1880. Original blue cloth has been professionally relaid over boards. Some fading to cloth, occasional small mark internally o/w clean, good condition. The first US edition, also the first edition in English, of an unusual Jules Verne novel set in China. 1st Edition in English. Boards.

Boston: Lee and Shepard. Fair with no dust jacket. 1879. Hardcover. Title page 1880, [actually October 1879 but not dated as such except for an "1879" copyright], early American edition. 12mo. Blank [2], vi, 271, blank [1], ads [9] pp. Orig blue cloth with yellow eps. Cocked, loss to upper corner of front cover. Covers stained, occasional dog earing, childish pencilings on eps. .

Lee & Shepard, 1880. First American Edition G+/na. Hardback. Edgewear & some rubbing; scratches; some discolroation/staining on cover; cracked hinge; yellowing; text overall clean & sound. 271 pages. First American Edition