MENNIE (Donald): The Pageant of Peking. Shanghai,... - Lot 34 - Richard Maison de ventes

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MENNIE (Donald): The Pageant of Peking. Shanghai,... - Lot 34 - Richard Maison de ventes
MENNIE (Donald): The Pageant of Peking. Shanghai, A.S. Watson Co, 1922. One volume. Third edition. 28 by 38 cm. (8)-40 pages, followed by 66 photographs printed in rotogravure, glued in a brown frame, with the explanatory text on the facing page. Hardcover binding in full blue publisher's silk, gold titled, with woven motifs. First cover with traces of sunlight, insulated spine, freckles on the cover pages and false title, a few rare freckles in the margins of the book, without affecting the reproductions. Third edition of this famous collection of photos on China. Introductory text in English by Putnam Weale. Arrived in CHINA in 1899, Donald MENNIE, an amateur but persevering photographer, travelled around China for more than 30 years, and published several collections of his photographs, of which The Pageant of Peking is the best known.
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