Item #257079 On the Study of Words. From the Second London Edition, Revised and Enlarged. China, Richard Chenevix Trench.

On the Study of Words. From the Second London Edition, Revised and Enlarged.

London: Kegan Paul, 1910.

Price: $250.00


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xii, [ii], 358 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Bound in full green polished calf with the gilt stamp of the Shanghai Public School and the Shanghai municipal seal, a motto in Latin “Juncta In Uno Omnia (All Joined in One)”and 12 national flags (Great Britain, America, France, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Norway and Sweden, Austria, Spain, Holland) in circular motif in front cover, all edges marbled. With label for Prize from Shangahi Municipal Council on front pastedown for Hon. Mention awarded to J. Taylor Dec 1911 and signed by headmaster. Label is quite worn. Title and page opposite stained, binding VG.

Item #257079