Holitscher arthur foreword (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. xx, [2], 200 pp. From the "Das Gesicht Der Stadte" series edited by C.O. Justh. Foreword in German. Two-hundred full-page sepia-tone reproductions of photos accompanied by brief captions in English, German, French and Spanish. Subjects include architecture, religion, common scenes and the people. Attractive gilt lettering and decoration upon deep azure cloth-covered front board. Large gilt letters upon backstrip partly rubbed. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Small recent bookstore label inside back board. Moderate external wear. No dust jacket. A sound example of this exquisite trip back to 1920s Beijing.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Peking - Das Gesicht Der Stadte/The Face of Cities China Antiquarian Photography Chinese Beijing. Illustrated by Perckhammer, Heinz Von (illustrator).…