Yates helen eva (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1933. First Edition. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Includes black & white plates. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover with printed front board, no dust jacket, in very good condition. Boards are marked and sunned. Corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Name is penned to FEP and notes written on the BEP. Gutter break at page 33, however binding remains sound. LW. Used.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition, 1953, of guidebook originally published the previous year. Octavo, 13cm x 19cm, pp 146 with folding map at rear. Illustrated, and with numerous commercial advertisements. Bound in decorated stiff card wraps. Helen Yates, formerly edition of the Woman's Page at the China Press in Shanghai wrote several books on travel and shopping in the Far East including this successful guide with went through at least four editions. In Very Good condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Rare first edition, advance review copy, of this rollicking guide to travel in the late 1930s, with publisher's review slip affixed to front pastedown, in the original illustrated dust jacket. "Enthusiastic survey of various kinds of travel, in the Americas, Europe, the Orient, around the world; the methods, what different lines have to offer, the advantages of freighters, tourist and luxury classes; bus travel, train and plane. Kinds of drinks and foods to try in different countries. What to buy and what not to buy. How to prevent customs from being a nightmare. How to make yourself travel and the advantages. General coverage, with prices in round figures. Bibliography of books to read. Listing of freight lines, itineraries, passenger space. This does not plan trips, but merely whets the appetite. [A] very useful item" (Kirkus). Yates' writing is engaging, funny, and practical. While her age of travel is well past, reading about the experience of travel in the pre-war years offers new insight into the lives and recreational habits of those who would soon be thrust into World War II. Book about-fine, dust jacket extremely good with only mild toning and shallow chipping to extremities. A desirable ARC in the original dust jacket.…

A chatty and visually vibrant guidebook promoting cut-price travel, written by Helen Eva Yates, a former editor at the China Press, Shanghai. The illustrator, Kate Droz, worked as an official artist at the Louvre, before relocating to San Francisco to continue her artistic career. Yates introduces the shopping delights of China, Hong Kong, Canton, and other ports of call for Dollar steamers. The first page includes a quiz of 25 questions (answers at the end) to test the reader's knowledge of world languages and culture. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dollar also had significant trade and real estate interests in China's major cities. Octavo. Illustrations throughout by Kate Droz. Original cream wrappers designed by Kate Droz, front cover lettered in black, vignette of a Chinese street, Wrappers lightly creased and rubbed, closed tears at foot of text pages: a very good copy.…