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Bohdal, Susanne: - Die Scheune

ohne Angabe, ohne Angabe. Erstausgabe, EA 1, Blatt Ausschnittmass 21 x 17 cm Gesamtmass 35 x 30 cm schöne Radierung signiert hinter Passepartout, guter Zustand.
EUR 120.00 [Appr.: US$ 129.01 | £UK 101.5 | JP¥ 20265] Booknumber: 436926

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CONSTANT, SAMUEL VICTOR: - Calls, Sounds and Merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers. Peking, The Camel Bell, [1936].

. Oblong 8vo. Pp. xiv, 66, 65-88, 87-185 + one leaf with the "Pa Kua", 61 coloured lithograph plates of peddlers, 16 tipped-in halftone photographs, one paper pattern and one diagram. As issued in original boards covered with beautiful multicoloured silk, printed title label on upper cover. Housed in the original decorated paper case, worn.First edition of this charming and informative work on street vendors in Peking. It describes 54 different kinds of peddlers including their characteristic sound or call, and what they have to sell, buy, or trade. Each is accompanied by an illustration of the vendor himself and his commodity. A few examples: the melon seed trader, "feet fixer", "moon cake" vendor, travelling magicians, "bundle cake" peddler, "used silver" buyer, and different kinds of fortune tellers. Constant's original work was presented as part of his Maste's degree at the California College in China (April 1936). A beautiful copy well-protected in the rare original folder.
EUR 4200.00 [Appr.: US$ 4515.39 | £UK 3551.75 | JP¥ 709276] Booknumber: 100705

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