McBlain Books

The Splendours of Historic Nanking: Eighty Photographic Studies, with Descriptive Notes of Ancient and Modern Nanking

Kwok, K. W.

Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1933. 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, [16]p. plus 80 black and white plates (photographs. Photos printed on one side with caption in English beneath each photo and Chinese text in Chinese on the facing page. Original patterned yellow cloth (silk?) binding (tied oriental-style). 25cm. Slipcase with blue title label on upper portion of one side. Foxing on endpapers. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Slipcase partially split along top and bottom edges. No jacket (surely as published). Text and captions in English and Chinese. An attractive copy. Near Fine. Item #89302

Price: $1,250.00