Peking the Beautiful by White, Herbert and Hu Shih - 1927
by White, Herbert and Hu Shih
Peking the Beautiful
by White, Herbert and Hu Shih
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White, Herbert and Hu Shih. Peking the Beautiful
Shanghai, China: The Commercial Press, 1927. 1st. Edition. Folio. (33cm x 40cm, 13" x 15.5") 71 mounted photographic plates (tinted, sepia and 12 colored images), text illustrations and photographic frontispiece. Images are of many important monuments, buildings, shrines, palaces, pagodas, landscapes, sculptures, and Chinese people.
Text is tight and very clean, photographic plates are pristine, beautiful original publisher's embroidered blue silk binding with slight rubbing and fading on the spine. Interior is Fine, binding is VG-.
"For a long time there has been a recognized need for an album on historic Peking that would embody a representative set of all the important monuments of the capital. The very fact that so many of the ancient landmarks-priceless in their age-old glory-are being torn from their foundations and ruthlessly destroyed, makes an album of this kind not only interesting as an art volume, but a work of immeasurable value to China and to the world, as an authentic record of picturesque Peking."
This copy was presented to the US Minister to China, John Van Antwerp MacMurray by the Chinese Minister for Foreigh Affairs, Dr Chengting T. Wang, on the front free endpaper. Probably a parting gift as the Minister left office. Originally called to the Bar in 1906, MacMurray pursued a career in the Foreigh Service and served in a number of Far Eastern postings before becoming Minister to China in 1925.
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- Publisher The commercial press
- Place of Publication Shanghai
- Date Published 1927
- Size folio 33x40cm
- Keywords China, Peking, Herbert White
- Size folio 33x40cm
MEMOIR OF JOHN ADAM Late Missionary at Calcutta
by John Adam
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SELECT VIEWS IN MYSORE, the Country of Tippoo Sultan; from Drawings Taken on the Spot by Mr. Home; with Historical Descriptions.
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The Chater Collection. Pictures relating to China, Hong Kong, Macao, 1655-1860; with Historical and Descriptive Letterpress.
by ORANGE, JAMES.
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我們要切切實實的對日經濟絕交. [Wo men yao qie qie shi shi de dui ri jing ji jue jiao]. [Chinese Kuomintang Propaganda Poster - We Need to Pose A Total Economic Sanction on Japan].
by [XIUTANG]. (ILLUSTRATOR). 秀堂.
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Le Chou-King, un des livres sacrés des chinois. Qui renferme les fondements de leur ancienne histoire, les principes de leur gouvernement & de leur morale; ouvrage recueilli par Confucius. Traduit & enrichi de notes, par Feu le P. Gaubil, missionaire à la Chine. Revu & corrigé sur le texte chinois, accompagné de nouvelles notes, de planches gravées en taille-douce & additions tirées des historiens originaux, dans lesquelles on donne l'histoire des princes omis dans le Chou-king. ... On y joint un discours préliminaire, qui contient des recherches sur les tems antérieurs à ceux dont parle le Chou-king, & une notice de l’Y-king, autre livre sacré de chinois
by Gaubil, Antoine and Joseph de Guignes (translators).
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MEMOIR OF JOHN ADAM Late Missionary at Calcutta
by John Adam
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SELECT VIEWS IN MYSORE, the Country of Tippoo Sultan; from Drawings Taken on the Spot by Mr. Home; with Historical Descriptions.
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The Chater Collection. Pictures relating to China, Hong Kong, Macao, 1655-1860; with Historical and Descriptive Letterpress.
by ORANGE, JAMES.
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我們要切切實實的對日經濟絕交. [Wo men yao qie qie shi shi de dui ri jing ji jue jiao]. [Chinese Kuomintang Propaganda Poster - We Need to Pose A Total Economic Sanction on Japan].
by [XIUTANG]. (ILLUSTRATOR). 秀堂.
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Le Chou-King, un des livres sacrés des chinois. Qui renferme les fondements de leur ancienne histoire, les principes de leur gouvernement & de leur morale; ouvrage recueilli par Confucius. Traduit & enrichi de notes, par Feu le P. Gaubil, missionaire à la Chine. Revu & corrigé sur le texte chinois, accompagné de nouvelles notes, de planches gravées en taille-douce & additions tirées des historiens originaux, dans lesquelles on donne l'histoire des princes omis dans le Chou-king. ... On y joint un discours préliminaire, qui contient des recherches sur les tems antérieurs à ceux dont parle le Chou-king, & une notice de l’Y-king, autre livre sacré de chinois
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Vietnam: A History
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Descent of Man. an Atlantic Monthly Press Book
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