Peiping

by H. Margaret Lea

$150 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Peiping, i.e. Beijing : Peiyang Press , 1946 . First edition, 8vo, pp. 7 , 129; 18 illustrations throughout, mostly from photographs and mostly full-page, plus a double-page map; spine reinforced with cellotape, otherwise very good. A guide to the city designed for US Marines and other US forces stationed there after the World War II. Contents include sightseeing temples, palaces, eunuch's cemetery, pagodas, the Great Wall, tombs, etc. , plus details on

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