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In Search of Old Peking by L. C. Arlington, William Lewisohn - 1935

by L. C. Arlington, William Lewisohn

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In Search of Old Peking by L. C. Arlington, William Lewisohn - 1935

In Search of Old Peking

by L. C. Arlington, William Lewisohn

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Henri Vetch, Peking, 1935. Burgandy cloth Gilt lettering to spine. First Edition. xii, 382pp, photos, sketches, maps including map of Peking in rear pocket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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In Search of Old Peking is much more than a classic guide book: it is both a painstakingly constructed portrait of one of the world's great cities in the 1930's and a lament for the end of a unique era. L.C. Arlington was an American who had served in the Customs and Postal Administrations since his arrival in China in 1879; William Lewisohn, a British Army officer turned journalist. First published in 1935, this book was regarded as the standard guide to Peking. It remains astonishingly evocative today, for residents and visitors alike.
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  • Publisher Henri Vetch
  • Place of Publication Peking
  • Date Published 1935
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  • Keywords China, colony, Peking, Beijing, history, British, customs, journalism, Chinese, maps, plans, urban, book, first edition
  • Size 8vo.

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THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO

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In Search of Old Peking

by Arlington, L.C.; Lewisohn, William

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In Search of Old Peking

by Arlington, L. C.; Lewisohn, William

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In Search of Old Peking

In Search of Old Peking

by ARLINGTON, L C; LEWISOHN, William

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In Search Of Old Peking

by Arlington, L. C.; Lewisohn, William

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Peking, China: Henri Vetch, 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Includes Index. All Illustrations And Maps Present Including The Folded Map In The Pocket At The Rear. The Book Is Bound In Burgundy Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering And Rules On The Spine. The Book Has Moderate Wear And The Front Hinge Is Starting At The Half-Title Page. Light Over All Dust Soiling. The Page Edges Are Tanned. No Ownership Information Present And The Text Appears To Be Free Of Notation.
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South-Western France from the Loire and the Rhone to the Spanish frontier; Handbook for Travellers

South-Western France from the Loire and the Rhone to the Spanish frontier; Handbook for Travellers

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