China in Decay: The Story of a Disappearing Empire
Author:
KRAUSSE, ALEXIS
Title:
China in Decay: The Story of a Disappearing Empire
Publisher:
Chapman & Hall 1900
Description:
THIRD EDITION, octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine, Chinese script & motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map near front, smaller folding maps throughout, xiv + 418pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate bruising to board corners & edges, previous moderate water damage to back board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, sl foxing & occasional crease to some maps) the main folding map near the front is in beautiful condition and, despite being VG- , is a beautiful book indeed!
Keywords:
China illustrated culture history antiquity treaty of Tientsin British politics