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1899 Through China With a Camera
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Description
Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
Second edition. Illustrated with one hundred and fourteen photographs. Collated complete. The author's own account of his travels across China over four years, with complementary photographs throughout. Thomson was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. His travels in China were often perilous as he visited remote regions far inland where most of the people he encountered had never seen a Westerner or camera before. Additional challenges came from the weight and amount of equipment he needed to carry with him, along with potentially explosive chemicals. Written and illustrated by John Thomson, a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller.
Condition
In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine resulting in light fraying. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small handling mark. Library stamp to the title page with library bookplate to the rear pastedown. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper.
Very Good
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