William Gow Gregor Ed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Tiny if any signs of wear, book in great condition. Please refer to photos.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None Stated (illustrator). First edition. A richly illustrated two-volume survey of Chinese law, customs, and daily life by the Archdeacon of Hong Kong, John Henry Gray, illustrated with one hundred and forty plates. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.First edition.Complete in two volumes.Illustrated throughout with one hundred and forty scenes of traditional life and institutions, including a frontispiece to each volume. Collated, complete.A detailed study of Chinese society describing the laws, customs, religion, daily life, ceremonies, punishments, and social structures of Qing-era China.John Henry Gray (1823-1890) was Archdeacon of Hong Kong and a consular chaplain at Canton, also known as Guangzhou. He spent many years in China as an Anglican missionary, drawing on direct observation for this work. Edited for publication by the Scottish minister and writer William Gow Gregor.An expansive account of Chinese culture and institutions written from a Western observer"s perspective during the height of British engagement with China. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight fading and rubbing to extremities. Slight bumping to extremities. Slight discolouration to spines and perimeters of boards. One or tow very minor handling marks to boards. Scattered spotting to endpapers with offsetting. Contents leaves of volume I uncut. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with scattered spotting to first and last few leaves. Slight cockling to pages. Very Good. book.