HERBERT C. WHITE, PEKING THE BEAUTIFUL. COMMERCIAL PRESS, SHANGHAI, CHINA, 1927 |

limited First Edition, with an introduction by Hu Shih, comprising 70 photographic plates and numerous illustrations with descriptive and historical notes, original embroidered silk padded pictorial boards, wood and glass display case; together with Da Qing Di Guo Quan Tu (Complete Map of the Qing Empire), Commercial Press, Shanghai, 1910 (3)

The 'Peking' book with tattered, frayed, heavily worn fabric covers. The book warped and the binding with losses. Pages are worn and toned. The images with toning as well, and a few with foxing and creases. The 'Da Qing' book with tattered and stained covers, lost spine binding, and the pages are worn, toned, and creased.
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