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 135466). More
London. Harrap. 1945. Colour graphs, tables and maps, black and white photographic plates by Cecil Beaton, 144pp, index, good copy in worn but now protected dustjacket. The aim of this book is to compare and contrast China and the West. It is particularly notable for the excellence of Cecil Beatons'... 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
