The Silent Traveller in New York de Yee, Chiang - 1950

Applewood Books, 2016. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

John Day Company, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. First Edition. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear. Mild tanning and foxing to endpapers. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Mild cracking to gutters, with exposed binding. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild foxing to surfaces.

NY: John Day, (1950). 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in a lightly edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket. Another in the author's popular series of early-mid-20th-century travel guides from an Asian perspective, this one representing his first trip across the Atlantic where he brings New York City to life with 120+ of his own pen-and-ink drawings & 17 full-color plates, created using traditional Chinese technique & media, painting on both absorbent paper & sometimes silk. His observations on the life and scenery of America are as oblique and charming as ever, while his experiences round Times Square, along Fifth Avenue, in Chinatown, Greenwich Village, the Bowery, and Harlem are depicted with the postwar charm that would soon be lost forever. In 281 pages with map endpapers, this is the First American Edition (no date in book, but research places it at 1950). Record # 382108

London: Methuem & Co., 1950. Square and unmarked, with toned page edges, sticker scuff to front fly leaf, slightly musty. Full cloth binding. 281pp. Illustrations. Jacket has some edge wear, darkly toned spine. Now in a new mylar cover.. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

JOHN DAY CO. NEW YORK. hardcover. Used; Very Good. nice clean copy

The John Day Company, 1950. Hardcover. Fine. John Day, nd [1950], With a preface by Van Wyck Brooks, 283pp, illustrated with watercolors and black and white drawings within the text by author. 8vo. Cream colored cloth with green titles on front cover and spine. slight discoloration on spine, 2 small smudges on front cover, else fine bright looks unread hardcover.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1950. First Edition. 281 pages. Dust jacket covered in plastic wrapper over beige cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Minor cracking to front hinge. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild warping to front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine and to panel edges. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Good Plus Folder with Fine Plates/No Dustjacket. Circa 1945. 8vo., 16 pp. .

Applewood Books. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing