The Silent Traveller In New York

New York: John Day Company, 1950. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of The Silent Traveller in New York by Chiang Yee, signed by former President of Indiana University, William Lowe Bryan.. Octavo, xv, 218pp. Cream cloth, title in green on spine. No additional printings on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to text block,… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1950. First Edition. 281 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over white cloth boards with lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Preface by Van Wyck Brooks. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have mild… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. First Edition. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear. Mild tanning and foxing to endpapers. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Mild cracking to gutters, with exposed binding. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and… Read more about this item

NY: John Day, (1950). 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in a lightly edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket. Another in the author's popular series of early-mid-20th-century travel guides from an Asian perspective, this one representing his first trip across the Atlantic where he brings New York City to life with 120+ of his own pen-and-ink drawings & 17 full-color… Read more about this item

JOHN DAY CO. NEW YORK. hardcover. Used; Very Good. nice clean copy

New York: John Day, 1950. Hardcover, first edition, with unclipped dust jacket in plastic sleeve. Jacket is tanned and edgeworn with a significant portion of spine foot missing. Boards are tanned at edges and bumped at lower leading corners. Small surface tear to front pastedown. Illustrations are bright and clear throughout and text is clean and unmarked. AD. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1950. (UK) First publication. No markigns, very slight waviness to portion of margins to lower page edges of some pges due to a bit of moisture intrusion, no musty smell, thus Good in Acceptable dust jacket with loss to head of spine; Dj is in mylar sleeve. Boards, map end papers, 281pp, lovely colour plates… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardback. A copy that looks very good in a very good dustwrapper but the boards of the book are a bit spotted and the wrapper has some neat internal repairs. The wrapper is not price-clipped and is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. No ownership inscription and… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1950. First Edition. 281 pages. Dust jacket covered in plastic wrapper over beige cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Minor cracking to front hinge. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Mild tanning… Read more about this item

Applewood Books, 2016. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1950 cream buckram with green chinese characters to cover and titled to spine. map end papers, book VG 281pp + 17 coloured plates and over 120 images in the text also. DW unclipped and tidy but some spots of foxing starting and spine a little discoloured, small edge chips to the head. A unique view… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1950. First Edition. Chiang Yee. 8vo, pp. 281. Illustrated with colored drawings and paintings. Cover little soiled, owner's name on half title, o/w VG.

Good Plus Folder with Fine Plates/No Dustjacket. Circa 1945. 8vo., 16 pp. .

New York: John Day Company. Very Good. Hardcover. Light to moderate foxing to first and last few pages. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. ; Nd [1953]. One of the most charming books about New York City including color drawings and pencil drawings by the author ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages .… Read more about this item

The John Day Company, 1950. Hardcover. Fine. John Day, nd [1950], With a preface by Van Wyck Brooks, 283pp, illustrated with watercolors and black and white drawings within the text by author. 8vo. Cream colored cloth with green titles on front cover and spine. slight discoloration on spine, 2 small smudges on front cover, else fine bright looks… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1950. 1ª Edição . Editorial / Hard Cover. Bom / Good / Bon. In-8º (220x140). 1 Vol. de XV-[1]-281-[2] pp. Ilustrado pelo autor. Assinatura de posse.

John Day Company, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Methuen, 1950-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. . Book in good condition, Pages clean. Slight edge wear. Dust jacket covered In a Mylar jacket. Ex-library copy with usual markings.

NewYork: Day co. 3rd impression circa, 1955. Very Good. col.plates(18)+text ils by Yee. Octavo lime green cl. 281pp inscr.FEP else V.G+ Incription Before cover page. A unique book on New York in the 1950s. Illustrated by the author with 18 coloured plates. Yee Chiang was an exile of Maoist China who became Emeritus Professor of Chinese… Read more about this item

New York: John Day Company. Very Good+. Hardcover; Third Printing. Boards a bit darkened and with light rubbing to extremities. ; Nd [1953]. One of the most charming books about New York City including color drawings and pencil drawings by the author ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages .