Sowerby arthur de c editor (1 Ergebnisse)

First printing. A special issue of China Journal devoted to Shanghai with many photographic illustrations documenting the town at that time. The first article by Sowerby commemorates the 100th anniversary of Hugh Lindsay arriving on the "Lord Amherst". Shanghai's spreading importance is boosted by the editor, with articles on finance, geology, commerce, architecture and on the fauna and flora of the region. Lge 8vo wrappers, liv, 215-318, lv-civ pp. The preliminary and post text pages are filled with advertisements. 2 tipped-in color plates from paintings by Boris Krenov and numerous illustrations. The original pictorial front and back wrappers are loose along with the 1st 60pp, with a partial spine. With a bookmark advertising "Lactogen" and "Subscribe Now To The China Journal. on the verso.".…