The Pageant of Peking: Compromisng Sixty-Six Vandyck Photogravures of Peking and Environs From Photographs by Mennie, Donald; Putnam Weale and Samuel Couling - 1920
by Mennie, Donald; Putnam Weale and Samuel Couling
The Pageant of Peking: Compromisng Sixty-Six Vandyck Photogravures of Peking and Environs From Photographs
by Mennie, Donald; Putnam Weale and Samuel Couling
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Shanghai, China: A.S. Watson, 1920. 540/1000. Hardcover. Good (heavy wear to boards and cloth with silk cloth torn in many areas, inscription to previous owner on ffep, plate IX is loose, light age toning and several foxing spots. Plates are otherwise very clear.). Oversized book bound in decorative blue silk cloth over boards, gilt lettering and design on front cover; untrimmed pages, 4, 40, LXVI leaves of mounted plates. "One thousand copies of this edition have been printed of which this copy is number 540." - Colophon. Descriptive letterpress on versos facing the plates.
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good (heavy wear to boards and cloth with silk cloth torn in many areas, inscription to previous owner on ffep, plate IX is loos
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition 540/1000
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher A.S. Watson
- Place of Publication Shanghai, China
- Date Published 1920
- Keywords Travel ; Beijing, China: Travel ; ;