Far East
by Beaton, Cecil
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Plus
- Seller
-
Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1945. 111pp, bw photos, drawings, col frontis. Or orange cloth with yellow title in jacket. Endpapers foxed, some light even toning throughout, slight fading at head and foot of spine. Jacket rubbed at folds and edges, 2 tears of approx 1", some tape reinforcement on verso. The author was sent to the Far East by the ministry of information to take photographs, and wherever he went he also made notes, of the places he visited, the sights he saw and the people he met. The result is this brilliant and authentic glimpse of India and China at war.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. Illus. by Beaton, Cecil (photog). 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003750
- Title
- Far East
- Author
- Beaton, Cecil
- Illustrator
- Beaton, Cecil (photog)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- B. T. Batsford Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Photography Beaton Asia Assam Burma Arakan India China Himalayas Military Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia; Militaria;
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About the Seller
Lawrence Jones
Biblio member since 2006
Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
I carry a general stock of approx 70000 titles of which only a small percentage is online. Viewing at my Ashmore bookrooms is welcome by appointment. While not specializing I have a good selection of art, natural history, military and surfing in stock. I also have many other non-fiction subjects, as well as approx 10000 paperback fiction titles on hand.
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