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Lot 435
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6 vols. 6 vols.
Books on China for Children - 19th Century American Imprints: Knox, Thomas. The Boy Travellors in the Far East: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Japan and China. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. 4to, orig. gilt-decorated green & black cloth, gilt-lettered; corners bumped, wear to spine ends. With color frontispiece, plates and numerous in-text illus. * Lander, Sarah W. Spectacles for Young Eyes. Boston: Walker, etc., 1863. 8vo, orig. gilt-decorated pink cloth; corners bumped, spine ends frayed, spine discolored. With frontis, engraved 1/2 title and other plates; previous owner's inscription to endpapers. Some scattered light foxing. * Dalton, William. The War Tiger. Phila: Lippincott, 1879. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered; light wear to extremities. Frontis. Ex-libris bookplate of J.W. Grim on endpapers. * Verne, Jules. The Tribulations of a Chinaman. Boston: Lee & Shepherd, 1882. 4to, orig. decorated green cloth, gilt-lettered; light wear to edges, corners bumped. With engraved frontispiece & other plates. Previous owner's inscription to front endpapers. Scattered light foxing, mostly to front matter. * Dalton, William. The Wolf Boy of China. Phila: J.B. Lippincott, 1879. 4to, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered; extremities worn. * Butterworth, Hezekiah. Zigzag Journeys in the Orient. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial red cloth; corners bumped, spine head and tail frayed. Binding shaken. Numerous plates and in-text illus.