The Great Wall Revisited From the Jade Gate to Old Dragon's Head.
London. Frances Lincoln Limited. 2007. Stock ID #167622 A journey along the Great Wall in the past and present, this landmark volume presents an extraordinary portrait of the world's most famous man-made structure. Author/photographer William Lindesay spent three years traveling 35,000 km across North China, carrying his cameras, tripod and a file of vintage photographs, the earliest dating from 1871, looking for places from which he could see the Great Wall in the past and present, side by side. When referring to this item please quote stockid 167622.
Well presented, colour photographic illustrations including reproductions of old photographs of the wall, fold out panoramas one showing the wall in 1922 (first published in the National Geographic February 1923) and the other the wall in 2005. 291pp, index, dustjacket, oblong hardback. Small barely visible mark from sticker upper cover. 21.5 x 29cm. Very good copy.
Price: $40.00 AU