Chow gin (13 résultats)

Unknown. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softcover. Etat : Gut. Anderes Cover. Gebrauchsspuren. Innerhalb Deutschlands Versand je nach Größe/Gewicht als Großbrief bzw. Bücher- und Warensendung mit der Post oder per DHL. Rechnung mit MwSt.-Ausweis liegt jeder Lieferung bei. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 204.

Softcover. Etat : Near Fine. Near Fine paperback about 8¼x10¾ inches. 63 pages, unmarked. Gin Chow, Andrew Culp, Daniela Kantorova, Shelyl Reimers, Abu Emory, Grant Leuing, Jodie Austin Cypert, John Bruning, Nigel Roderick Robles, Jesse Darling, Bud Fielder, Cybil Disobedient, Lisa McCool-Grime, Noah Geraci, Roger Swain, Steve Stormoen, Dash Brittain, Kathleen McLeod; EBD OVR66; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 63 pages. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Brown boards lettered in black & red, frontispiece & in-text illustrations, 61 pp. Fifth edition. Spine professionally restored, a 1963 clipping about Chow tipped in to rear endpapers. Gin Chow is an oddity, and I'd love to see a modern biography of him. Right during the yellow peril, he becomes famous as a fortune teller--specifically about rain forecasting. He additionally was the plaintiff in one of California's seminal water rights lawsuits.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 2nd Edition. Signed by Gin Chow opposite the title page. Los Angeles, California: Wetzel Publishing Co., 1932. Second edition, second printing. Hardcover. 5 x 8 ". 61 pp. Very good. No dust jacket. The text appears unmarked. The binding is solid. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Title page has been removed, some penciling by noted astrologer Alma Crawford Graning with her bookplate and name stamp to endpapers. Fading and rubbing to cover. Signed by Author(s).

Fifth printing, 12mo, pp. 61, [3]; frontispiece portrait with stamped "signature" and an attempt at copying one character in pen; printed yellow boards; upper hinge starting near fine. Gin Chow was a Chinese born resident of California, made famous for predicting the weather, including that the summer of 1931 would be the hottest summer for many years, and that the 1931-32 season would be an extremely wet one. His weather prognostication earned him the title the Seer of Lompoc and made him a minor celebrity. His predictions were published regularly in the Los Angeles Times.…

4thEdition. Near fine copy in the original color-printed boards. Edges very slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Emains tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 61 pages; Subjects; Silk. Japan and Manchuria. Illustrated endpapers. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Second edition. 61pp. Foreword by Harry Carr. Illustrated by Elizabeth E. Mason. Cover design by Vanna Peters. Pictorial papercovered boards. Glue residue left on pastedowns, spine ends nicked, still a very good copy.

4thEdition. Near fine copy in the original color-printed boards. Edges very slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Emains tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 61 pages; Subjects; Silk. Japan and Manchuria. Illustrated endpapers. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Good; top and bottom of spine worn away; tanning to spine and edges; wear to extremities; else Fine. First Edition. Signed by author on frontispiece. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Good overall; bumping and a little fraying to head and tail of spine; minor rubbing/bumping to other extremities; spine faded/tanned, with no remnant of color or titling; light stains and minor scuffs to boards; else Fine. The externals are a little rough, but internal contents are pristine. No dust jacket. Second printing. Signed by Gin Chow in both Chinese characters and the English alphabet, and dated ("1933-4") on the frontispiece. Elizabeth Collison (illustrateur). Book.…