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Turquoise Silk Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Numerous Black and White and Color Illustrations (illustrator). Second Edition. 524 Pages, Clean And Bright. A Massive Volume, With Some Fold-Out Multipage Illustrations. No Inscriptions. Illustrated Endpapers. Text In English And Chinese. Covers Immaculate. Dj Small Chips Top And Bottom Of Spine And Tips. Dj Not Price-Clipped And In A Protective Brodart Cover. A Solid, Tight, Very Attractive Copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Heavy folio, measuring approximately 11" x 15.25", is bound in blue silk cloth over beveled edges, with stamped gilt lettering and elaborate ornamental designs to front cover. Book exhibits light shelfwear, with minor abrasion to rear spine edge and two faint scratches to rear cover. Book is otherwise in fine condition. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Illustrated in both b&w and color, with well-preserved fold-out photographic illustrations (including of Great Wall). Bilingual in English and Chinese. Dust jacket, with price of $35 on front flap, displays very light shelfwear.524 pages. Inscribed to Cornell professor, scientist and artist Efraim Racker and wife with English and Chinese inscription by Grace and Samuel Chan. Inscription appears on page opposite title page. "The Chinese race has several thousand years of glorious history and wonderful culture. In recent years many people have become interested in Chinese culture, and they have begun to study Chinese literature and customs. This volume sets out to portray the scenes and sites of historic events, the buildings which the people used and lived in, and the famous mountains and streams of Chinese literature and art. There are over 2,000 photographs with captions. Westerners will enjoy studying Chinese culture in this book, and Chinese people will see their treasured heritage.".

Zustand: Fair. The Liang You Book Company, 1966. Folio. 524pp. Photos. Chinese and English. Fair book. Quite edgeworn with frayed corners and spine tips. Rear cover scratched and a bit soiled. What appears to be either a printing error or a missing page prior to the title page. Otherwise an internally good+ to very good copy. Inquire if you need further information.

Zustand: Fair. The Liang You Book Company, 1966. Folio. 524pp. Photos. Chinese and English. Fair book. Quite edgeworn with frayed corners and spine tips. Rear cover scratched and a bit soiled. What appears to be either a printing error or a missing page prior to the title page. Otherwise an internally good+ to very good copy. Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 256 pp. plus plates and advertisements. no dust jacket, cover wear, some label residue on front cover, some tears along hinges, page yellowing along margins, pages 115-116 is missing (aeronautics section), pages 113/114 is detached with tears to edges, a few pages have tears (four with clear tape repair), includes loose award certificate to a student for perfect attendance at Central Junior High School in 1933-1934. Featured in "The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present" by Martin Parr & WassinkLundgren, pages 56-57. "China comes alive in The Living China, which is not limited to black-and-white photographs, but employs a number of different photographic styles to express the sense of a dynamic, vibrant place and of daily life in China in 1930.".