PEKING.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

Information booklet issued to tourists travelling with the SS "Empress of Australia". First edition, first printing, of this ephemeral guide unrecorded institutionally. The generic Chinese front cover suggests that copies were printed with a bespoke rear wrapper for individual cruise tourist parties. The maps present not only key institutions and tourist attractions, but also Beijing's exciting environs.

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