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Abe, Stanley: AN ACCOUNT OF TWO VOYAGES - BACKHOFF AND WAGENER Acharya, Sanjay: Adams, Edward B: Alexander, William & Mason, George: Allen, H. M. ed: Andrews, F. H: ANNINGHE LIUYU DA SHI MU Yuhas, Louise ed: Asahi Shimbun ed: Asian Art Museum: THE ASIATIC JOURNAL AND MONTHLY MISCELLANY VOL II: THIRD SERIES |
DALWT1 Dalton, W: THE WAR TIGER. Or Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China. London, 1859. xi, 371 pp. B/w engraved frontispiece. 16x11 cm. Half leather. Gilt to spine. GBP 30.00 Dalton also wrote 'The Wolf-Boy of China'. His fictional writings on China seem to stem from a growing interest in Britain with regard to China following the First Opium War, the establishment of Hong Kong and the opening of the treaty ports. Waterstain to left margin of frontispiece impinging on image. Otherwise clean. Subjects: Literature Item 249 in List 214. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?d/DALWT1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |