Guide to Peking and its Environs Near and Far (2nd ed.1924, with the large colour folding map, 'Plan of Peking Inside its Walls')
Peking: Tientsin Press, 1924. Revised (2nd) ed., octavo, pp.(xiv), 237, (ii), (xii, adverts), ex-lib stamp to recto of t.p., owner's stamp to dedication page and book-plate to front paste-down, profusely illustrated with b&w plates, several addendum slips tipped-in, 5 folding maps with a large folding and hand-coloured map of "Plan of Peking inside its Walls" showing Tartar City and Chinese City and street names on verso, this map is in end-pocket. Other maps are "Legation Quarter and its Surroundings" (folding plan) ; "Nearer Vicinity of Peking" (coloured folding map) ; "The Western Hills and the Wu Tai Ranges" (large coloured folding map) ; "Amphiteatre Surrounding the Hsi-Ling - Western Manchu Mausoleum" (folding plan). Original green pictorial boards with some restoration, contents generally clean with all maps clean and in very good condition.
Originally published in 1909. This is the second revised edition with the large plan of Peking. Item #97427
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