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L. C. Arlington and William Lewisohn
In search of old Peking
Peking 1935 Henri Vetch The french bookstore Hardcover
Reference : 027751
Hardcover, original cloth of the publisher, 20 x 13 cm, 382 + maps + plans + illustrations pp., English, Illustrations, book condition: Good.
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2 book(s) with the same title
In search of Old Peking. With maps, plans and illustrations.
Peking: Henri Vetch, 1935 8vo. xii + 382 pp., frontispiece, 24 illustrations, 29 maps and plans ("Plan of Peking" in rear pocket missing). Original cloth. Pencil name insription at rear of frontispiece.
In search of Old Peking. With maps, plans and illustrations. (Peking: Henri Vetch, 1935). [M.C.: Asie, Chine]
In Search of Old Peking
Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, 1991. 1 volume, paperback with illustrated dust-jacket, in-8, 382 pp., with illustrations, very good copy.
Contents: L.C. Arlington: an American who had served in the Customs and Postal Administrations since his arrival in China in 1879 - William Lewisohn, a British Army officer turned journalist - These unlikely but happy partners had seen Peking at the pinnacle of its glory. This book is the outcome of their determination to record the delights, both major and minor, of the city they had known. The descriptions of the buildings and monuments are set within the wider context of Chinese history and are entertainingly illuminated by anecdotes about northern Chinese life and customs.
