April 24, 2024 Online Catalog

215 - CHINA THE BEAUTIFUL JIN XIU HE SHAN BOOK

"Revised by Wu Chia Ching. Translated by Liang Shih Chiu. Maps, including very attractive double page colour pictorial map, 7 striking full page colour photographic plates by well known Chinese photographers of the day, profuse black and white photographic images throughout, attractive colour endpapers from a Chinese painting, 228pp. 38 x 26.5cm. A fascinating pictorial overview of China in the 1940s and 50s. The preparation for this work began in 1946 and for the following 8 years before the first edition was published in 1955. This second edition includes photographs not included in the first edition. The book is divided into 7 sections - the Southeast, the Southwest, the Northwest, North China, the Northeast, Mongolia and Tibet, and Taiwan, each with a map and introductory text in both Chinese and English." -SOURCE: Asia Bookroom - a specialised bookseller in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Measures 15" H x 11" W x 1" D.

Pre-sale estimate $50 - 150