Description: The Porcelain Tower (1841)Nine Stories of ChinaThis is The Porcelain Tower, Nine Stories of China, compiled from original sources by author T.T.T., Thomas Sealy. The book is in half-leather with marble boards and endpapers. This first edition was published in 1841 by Richard Bentley of London. Illustrations by J. Leech include 3 full page plates with protective tissue and 15 woodcuts.The Nine Stories are from original sources: 1) Ho-Fi of the Yellow Girdle2) Kublai Khan or the Siege of Kinsai3) Fashions in Feet or the Tale of the Beautiful To-To4) Hyson and Bohea5) The Porcelain Bath6)The Emperor Hwang-te or the Plough and the Loom7) Marriage in a Mask or the Cunning Shaver Chin8) The Student of Hanlan, a Tale of Opium-Smoking9) The Feast of LanternsThis book is in good condition for age. The half-leather cover shows wear especially at hinges and edges with some evidence of moisture. The top inch of the front hinge is split. The inner hinges/endpapers are very good. The binding is very good. The pages are in very good condition with only the lower corner of the frontispiece and the edge of the title page showing any moisture.This book has 299 numbered pages in addition to an invocation, "To the Muse of Tea" the preface, and the illustrated plates. It measures, is about 8 inches by 4 inches. We ship on the next business day after purchase and we maintain an excellent ebay customer satisfaction rating. Please also check out our other ebay antiques, fine collectables, and our antiquarian books. Thank you for shopping with us. GardenNut01Mindy & Jack Note: We search high and wide for interesting items and we do our best to package these items well and ship promptly. If you experience problems with your order(s), please contact us through ebay's "contact seller" feature. We will do what we can to make everything right!
Price: 75 USD
Location: Dayton, Ohio
End Time: 2024-12-09T22:00:17.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.13 USD
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Restocking Fee: 10%
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: London
Signed: No
Publisher: Richard Bentley
Subject: Stories of China
Year Printed: 1841
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: Asia
Author: Thomas Henry Sealy
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Literature
