SKYRME, COMMANDER F.H.E.; SOWERBY, ARTHUR DE CARLE [FOREWORD]

The Yangtsze-Kiang

Shanghai, China: North-China Daily News & Herald Limited, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Skyrme, Mrs.. ix, [1], [1], 2-82, [1] pages. Glossary. Two-colour foldout map of The Yangtsze Kiang inside front board. Four-panel foldout map of the Yangtze River, Ichang to Chungking, inside back board. 8.75" x 6.75". Printed upon light tan glossy stock. Black and white sketches in text. Author served with Jardine, Matheson & Co, Ltd. "Intended to provide the would-be visitor to this part of China with the precise information necessary to make the journey up the 'Great River' or 'Ta Kiang', as the Chinese mostly call it, as comfortably as possible." - Foreword. Mentions how changes of the last decade have rendered similar publications outdated. One can scarcely imagine the extent of the changes which have taken place along the river after China's all-world infrastructure development of recent decades. Light wear to chocolate brown patterned string-bound boards lettered in gilt. Yellowed tape remnants inside each board. Small bit of peeling from first foldout map. A high-quality copy of this pleasing vintage guide to travel along China's mighty Yangtsze-Kiang.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Yangtze River, Yangtsze River, Ta Kiang, Jardine Matheson & Co, F.H.E. Skyrme. Very Good .

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A NATURALIST`S NOTEBOOK IN CHINA

Dumfriesshire 1990, 270 pp., ill,, reprint of 1925 d190

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Nature in Chinese Art

Sowerby, Arthur de Carle. NATURE IN CHINESE ART. New York: John Day Company, (1940). First edition. 203 pp. color frontispiece, many b&w plates, drawings in text. 4to, blue cloth. Ink ownership, slight foxing to front endpapers, a little shelfwear to extremes. Near fine, in bright dust jacket with wear to spine and edges. Out of print. Ill.: FE.

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New York, The John Day Company, 1940. Hardcover. blue cloth boards w/ gilt lettering. red top edge. 203 pages including illustrations, plates color frontispiece, color plates. A very nice copy of this edition. VG--ex.libris. light edge wear & rubbing to covers w/ light rubbing to corners. Musuem plate on cover pastedown. light foxing to cover flyleafs. pgs clean of notations/marginalia.

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