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London.
Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer.
1874.
Plans, including a plan of Peking, full page black and white plates (mainly Heliotypes), x + 413pp, some leaves in text annotated, some light soiling, attractively and professionally rebound in red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, modern endpapers. William Simpson was one of the first, and highly successful, war correspondent- artists (Crimean War, the aftermath of the Indian Mutiny, and Abyssinia1867) whose work appeared in the 'Illustrated London News'. Includes chapters on Ceylon, Penang and Singapore, Hong Kong, The China Seas, Tientsing and the Peiho, Peking, Marriage of the Emperor of China, The Temple of Heaven, The Emperor's Assumption of Power, The Audience Question, The Great Wall of China, Language and Education in China, Chinese Civilization, the Yang-tse-kiang, Japan and the Pacific. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 129097)
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Ceylon
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Malaya
Pacific
Penang
Singapore
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