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Cina - Pechino - White, Herbert C.

Peking the Beautiful, 1927

Estimate

€ 1.500 - 1.700

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Information

395 x 315mm

Shanghai, The Commercial Press, 1927. In 4th. With 70 photographic plates, some of which in colour, numerous illustrations in the text, slight browning, some rare defects, publisher's silk binding, plates with title and embroidered illustration, title embroidered on spine, stain on front plate, slight defects. Ownership stamp on the title page.


Specialist Notes

First edition of this book dedicated to Beijing and its monuments, with numerous historical notes and an introduction by Hu Shih, Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Peking.

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