Peking, North China, South Manchuria, and Korea by Cook, Thomas - 1924

Peking: THOS.COOK & SON, 1924. First Edition (1924.) Hardcover no dust jacket as issued. 12mo with 143 + pages. The book is in good condition with some slight wear to edges. Some toning due to age. Some very slight pencil marks. Otherwise interior is clean and tight. Profusely illustrated and includes 3 foldout maps, plans and vintage ads. Railway and Steamship Connections, Map of Peking and Map of Keijyo (Seoul). Pictures available upon request. Green cloth/ Black text. #033693. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Good/No DJ's as Issued. 12mo. Travel/China, Korea, Manchuria.

London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1920 Thomas Cook period guide to this great city. Ex-library w/ several stamped and large scuff where plate was partially removed to front ep. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 161 numbered pp +xxii of ads; . Pages: clean, bright, tight, printed eps, issue fold-out map frontis, includes 2 other tissue fold-out maps; front hinge sprung, a.e. tanned, ffep corner torn away. Cover: flexible green, black device front, black titles front/spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, a few specks of color loss to front, more widespread on back.

Shanghai 1924, Cook. Green cloth, 5th ed., 143p., 3 fold out maps, plans, 41 b. w. photos, index, ca. 13 x 19 cm., very good. SCARCE . *** **** *** . . A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE BOOK WITH 3 MAPS & PHOTOGRAPHS . . * Compiled by the most famous tour guide company. . A most excellent guidebook with historical sketches, suggested ted tours &c. Port Arthur, Seoul, Shanhai-kwan, Shingishu, S. Manchuria Railway, Taku, Tientsin, Tongku and other spots of beauty. Excellent coverage, nicely illustrated with 3 folding maps, notes, local products. A valuable primary resource to the area. Also great coverage of Peking: Forbidden City, historical sketch, Imperial City, Legation Quarters, Siege of the Legations, local information, official buildings, the people, shopping, sightseeing, Tartar City. . * A thorough and great primary reference to the great capital of China. . Bindings vary by edition, contents remains about the same. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . * . .

Peking 1920, Cook. Green cloth, index, 3 foldout maps maps, 161p., b. w. photos, plans and illustrations, very good, an excellent guide, ca. 12.5 x 18 cm., 4th edition. SCARCE . *** **** *** . . A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE BOOK WITH 3 MAPS & PHOTOGRAPHS . . * Compiled by the most famous tour guide company. . A most excellent guidebook with historical sketches, suggested ted tours &c. Port Arthur, Seoul, Shanhai-kwan, Shingishu, S. Manchuria Railway, Taku, Tientsin, Tongku and other spots of beauty. Excellent coverage, nicely illustrated with 3 folding maps, notes, local products. A valuable primary resource to the area. Also great coverage of Peking: Forbidden City, historical sketch, Imperial City, Legation Quarters, Siege of the Legations, local information, official buildings, the people, shopping, sightseeing, Tartar City. . * A thorough and great primary reference to the great capital of China. . Bindings vary by edition, contents remains about the same. . *** Color photos are posted to our… Read More

Rare 4th edition with 3 fold out maps, plans, 41 b. w. photographs and a guidebook with historical sketches, suggested tours from Port Arthur, Seoul, Shanhai-kwan, Shingishu, S. Manchuria Railway and more. Slight damage to inner spine

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London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1920. 12mo, pp. [2], [4], [1]-160, xxii, [1]; original green cloth boards with paper label; 3 tissue paper folding maps, first map detached, endpapers toned, otherwise very good. Fourth edition of this guidebook produced by the venerable travel agency. At this time the railway system was developing, and the book presents information about routes of travel as well as descriptions and histories of noteworthy sites. The final 22 pages contain illustrated ads for Chinese firms, which tie in with some of the shopping tips provided in the text.