The Travelers' Handbook for China; With 8 Maps and Plans and 32 Illustrations

by Carl Crow

$900 · Offered by Swan's Fine Books

Shanghai: Hwa-Mei Book Concern, 1913. Hardcover. Sixteenmo size, 226 pp. Very good. Item #26061420 China, in 1913, was only in its second year as a Republic. The section of this travel book titled Historical Sketch opens with a black-and-white half-tone of President Yuan Shih K'ai . However, although the historical section takes up quite a bit of this volume, its intention is to be nothing more than its title

• Binding: Hardcover

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