Peking, China Booksellers Limited, 1925, first edition. 1 volume in-quarto, hardcover, red cloth covered boards with black title and temple image, XVIII-135 pp., illustrated with 50 black and white plates showing 100 photographs. Introduction by Hardy Jowett. A very good and clean copy.
Contents: A city of pleasure - The Hutung and its Inhabitants - Street Vendors - Flower Streets and Willow Lanes - Pawnshops, Middlemen and Money Lenders - Feasts and Restaurants - Actors and the Theatre - Various Professions - Gates, Street names and Various Places of Interest - Politicians, Some Office Holders and Certain Educationalists - Marriages, Births and Birthdays - Tales of the Spirit World.
Peking 1927 China booksellers Limited Hardcover 1st Edition
Relié, 26 x 19 cm, 135 pp., Anglais, 1ère édition, Illustrations, état du livre : Très Bon
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