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Shanghai, Kelly and Walsh, 1934. In 2nd. With numerous photographic reproductions, some of which in colour, a color map of the city, numerous black and white and color illustrations by F.H. Schiff, text in black and red ink, very slight browning, publisher's cloth binding with photographic reproduction on the front plate and illustration in red and title on a red fabric band on the plate, title in black on the spine, some small spots and slight defects, band of red cloth flat with some parts slightly detached. Pencil signature on title page.
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First and only edition of this beautiful book dedicated to the city of Beijing, with reproductions of photographs taken by Ellen Catleen, wife of the Dutch ambassador to China, with a machine Rolleiflex and the lively illustrations by Friedrich Schiff: a real photographic journey into the daily life of Beijing in the 1930s.
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