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‎The Pageant of Peking comprising Sixty-Six Vandyck Photogravures of Peking & Environs from Photographs by Donald Mennie‎

‎Shanghai, A.S. Watson, 1922, 3rd edition. 1 volume, folio, VIII-40 pp., original full cloth binding, a good copy with usual foxing, some loss of silk on cloth covers. This volume is illustrated with 66 photographs on tipped-in plates by the famous photographer Donald Mennie. ‎

‎Donald Mennie was a photographer in Shanghai and Peking from 1920 until late 30'. This volume shows includes photographs of famous views such as the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and scenes of shopkeepers, merchants, travellers, and monks going among other people...‎

‎The Pageant of Peking comprising Sixty-Six Vandyck Photogravures of Peking & Environs from Photographs by Donald Mennie‎

‎Shanghai, A.S. Watson, 1922, 3rd edition. 1 volume, folio, VIII-40 pp., original full cloth binding, a very good copy without the usual foxing. This volume is illustrated with 66 photographs on tipped-in plates by the famous photographer Donald Mennie. ‎

‎Donald Mennie was a photographer in Shanghai and Peking from 1920 until late 30'. This volume shows includes photographs of famous views such as the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and scenes of shopkeepers, merchants, travellers, and monks going among other people...‎

‎The Pageant of Peking Comprising Sixty-Six Vandyck Photogravures of Peking and Environs from Photographs by Donald Mennie with an introduction by Putnam Weale Descriptive Notes by S. Couling.‎

‎Shanghai, A.S. Watson, 1922. Folio (390 x 300 mm). In the original blue silke covered binding with gilt lettering and decoration to front board. Spine slightly faded. Internally fine and clean, an overall very nice copy. (8), 40 pp. + 66 photogravures tipped into recto of each page with caption on verso. ‎

‎Third edition of this fine work with sixty-six fine photogravure plates documenting the twilight of imperial China. It is the most iconic of Donald Mennie's early photobooks and a cornerstone of Western visual records of early 20th-century Beijing Although born and raised in Golspie, Scotland, Donald Mennie (1875–1944) spent the majority of his life in China, arriving around 1899. Trained as a chemist he rose to become Managing Director of the Shanghai branch of A.S. Watson & Co., a firm that by the 1930s was also a dealer in photographic materials. His photographic work, inspired by the Pictorialist style, emphasized mood and composition over mere documentation, making his books highly desirable as both artistic and historical records. From 1914 Mennie traveled widely across China, producing popular photo-books that include ""China by Land and Water"", ""Picturesque China"", and his magnum opus, The Grandeur of the Gorges (1926). The Pageant of Peking remains one of his most sought-after works for its focus on Beijing at a pivotal historical moment - before the empire gave way to modern transformation. This edition is accompanied by an introduction by Putnam Weale (B.L. Simpson) and descriptive notes by S. Couling Tragically Mennie’s life ended in Japanese captivity during WWII, dying in a Shanghai internment center in 1944.‎

‎The English at Home. Sixty-three photographs by... Introduced by Raymond Mortimer‎

‎London, B.T. BATSFORD LTD, 1936, in-4, 8 pages (Introduction) suivies de 63 reproductions photographiques en héliogravure, Cartonnage illustré de l'éditeur, ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Introduction en anglais. Légendes en français et en anglais. Premier ouvrage du photographe. Cartonnage légèrement défraîchi avec léger manque de papier dans la partie postérieure du dos et un coin un peu racorni, cependant très bel état intérieur et très bon exemplaire. Références bibliographiques : Parr - Badger I, 138 ; Auer Coll. 230. Couverture rigide‎

‎Bon 8 pages (Introduction)‎

‎Secret Tibet. With an introductory letter by Bernard Berenson. Illustrated with sixty doble colour plates form photographs by the autor. Translated from the Italian by Eric Mosbacher.‎

‎London, Hutchinson, 1952. In-8 reliure d'éditeur toile sous jaquette transparente, 251 pp. ‎