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Hippocrene Books, 1980-05. Hardcover. Good.

Hong Kong: John Warner Publications, 1979. Second Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 7 1/2" X 10. 160 Pages Indexed. Black boards. A hardcover book with gold spine lettering and black and white photographs on almost all pages. Four inked-words of gift inscription are on the front endpaper. No other marks. Interior text pages are bright, tight, and white. John Thomson (1837-1919), traveller , writer and pioneer photographer, left China in 1872 after spending almost ten years in the Far East. In 1873 the magnificent Illustrations of China and Its People in four volumes appeared - the result of his work in that then remote and fascinating country. Now regarded as the first photographic travelogue of any kind to be published, the expensive limited edition has remained largely unknown and unseen. This present book, a rediscovery of John Thomson's work in China, contains 140 photographs and one map interwoven with his observations. It presents many aspects of China as it was a… Leer más

Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1977. 100p., very good paperback. Photos, mostly in black and white, depicting happy workers and industrial achievements.