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Title: China in Sign and Symbol
Description: Shanghai, Kelly and Walsh, Ltd. 1926, First Edition. Ill.: Crane, Kent. Hardback, 225mm x 290mm tall (9" x 11.5" approx.). Pp xx, 227 with a red-printed title-page and decorated chapter capitals, plus 49 plates, as called for, with over a 150 illustrations, the majority of which are in colour, with two of the plates being double-folding. Original white cloth-covered boards/gilt titles/gilt-on-red circular logo to front board, and with decorated endpapers . The two folding plates have each been reinforced along one fold, [and in one case the lower blank margin]. Very Good.

Keywords: Shop Front China Shanghai Trades Symbol Symbolism Sundial Commerce Art Architecture Travel Commerce and Commodities Folklore Architecture Art China and the Far East Crane, Kent

Price: GBP 450.00 = appr. US$ 642.59 Seller: Christopher Baron
- Book number: 006488

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