Guide Peiping Environs Maps Illustrations (2 results)

, [2, advertisements] title iii-viii 1-144 [2, advertisements] pages, XVI monochrome photographic illustrations, 3 of 4 line drawn maps, the Forbidden City map is missing , the binding has failed and has an old tape repair, the plan of the city has been taken out, it is present but damaged, the fold-out map of Peiping and its Environs is torn but holding, the leaves are fragile, loose and chipping, the cover is marked and worn, it is in fair condition , bound in stiff illustrated and printed paper , 18 x 13cm Paperback ISBN:

First Edition. First edition, 12mo, pp. [2], viii, 144, [2] ads; 26 illustrations from photographs printed in blue on rectos and versos of 8 plates (numbered I-XVI); original pictorial yellow wrappers; textblock toned, vertical crease an evidence of a small sticker removal on the upper cover; all else about very good. Includes a history of the city, table of the principal dynasties, features of Chinese architecture, festivals and temple fairs, an English-Chinese vocabulary, details of 15 suggested tours of the city, and information on the suburbs, the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs, etc.