Books and Manuscripts · Lot 2572

[China]. Mennie, D.

The grandeur of the Gorges. Fifty photographic studies, with descriptive notes, of China's great waterway, the Yangtze Kiang, including twelve hand-coloured prints. Shanghai, A.S. Watson & Company and Kelly & Walsh, 1926, 1st ed., (14)textp., 50 tipped-in photogr. plates (12 handcol.) w. descriptive text, printed in 1000 numb. copies, orig. dec. silk binding, 4to.

Lot
2572
Estimation
400 € – 600 €
Adjugé
700 €
Photos
3 photos

État

Owner's entry ("Mary C.C. van Sluyters-Cuenen") in pen on colophon leaf. Silk over corners sl. worn. Otherwise fine.

Remarques

Copy printed on the name of M. van Sluyters. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.