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1931 Peking
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Description
Folding Maps, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Rebound
The third edition, revised and enlarged. First published in 1919.
Rebound in quarter cloth with marbled boards. Endpapers renewed and blanks discarded.
With twenty eight monochrome plates and seven folding maps and plans. Lacking the frontispiece.
The work is a detailed historical and cultural guide to Peking (modern day Beijing), written by Juliet Bredon, a writer who lived in China for many years, combining architectural and historical description with personal observation. It surveys the city’s major sites, including temples, palaces, gardens, and walls, while interweaving accounts of their cultural significance, legends, and ceremonial functions.
Condition
Rebound in quarter cloth with marbled boards. Blanks discarded and endpapers renewed. Externally smart with slight bumping to the extremities. The odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Several gatherings unopened. Lacking frontispiece. Bookseller's price in ink to title page. Evidence of worming to first five leaves. The odd spot heavier to the first and last few leaves.
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