London. Macmillan. 1946. Maps,black and white photographic illustrations, vi + 217pp, 4.5 x 2.5 cm piece cut from upper corner front free endpaper, original blue cloth trifle rubbed at edges, a good copy. The author spent several years in China before the outbreak of World War II as a tobacco..... More
London. Macmillan. 1946. Maps,black and white photographic illustrations, vi + 217pp, upper hinge starting, original blue cloth trifle rubbed at edges, a good copy. The author spent several years in China before the outbreak of World War II as a tobacco company representative. He describes his growing affection for the..... More
London. Methuen & Co Ltd., 1955. Tranlated from Norwegian. Map, decorative endpapers, black and white photographic illustrations, 219pp, occasional browning and foxing first and last leaves, a good hardback copy in slightly worn dustjacket. Sigurd Eliassen, a Norwegian engineer, was assigned the task of irrigating Shensi just prior to World..... More
Single sheet measuring approximately 44 x 15.2cm with black and white photographic images. An article reprinted from The Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury of December 21, 1936 reprinted as a hotel give-away or advert. Little creased and evenly browned otherwise very good. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
London. Hodder & Stoughton. 1931. 1st Edition. Foreword by her daughter Lady Hosie. 16 black and white photographic plates, xi + 339pp, bookplate of John Ker Davis one preliminary leaf, blue cloth a little darkened on the spine, cloth at head and tail of spine little torn. Generally a very..... More
Berlin. Wolfgang Kruger Verlag. c.1935. 326pp, inscription front free endpaper, some foxing and browning to cloth boards, edges and pages, otherwise a sound copy. Called "House of Exile" in English, this is the German translation. The author went to China in 1920 and spent 12 years living with a Chinese..... More
