GEIL, William Edgar

Eighteen Capitals of China

Lawrence: Constable, 1911. First U.K. Edition. Royal octavo (23cm). Publisher's blue ribbed cloth, stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; xx, 429pp; 82 inserted leaves of half-tone plates (incl. frontis); text illustrations. Slightly over-opened at center of text block, but still a firm, unfaded copy with just a hint of roughness to cloth at base of spine; easily Very Good and uncommon thus. The American Baptist missionary's best-known work, a richly illustrated survey of the architecture, culture and government of China at the end of the 19th century.

Price: $300.00

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