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4to. [7], viii-xx, [3], 4-227, [1] pp. Variant binding (lacks the red and gold inset on the front board), cream cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, plain endpapers and pastedowns. Title page in red and black. With the beautiful jacket designed by R. Bloomer, decorations by Kent Crane. 49 plates (two folding), 102 illustrations total. The black and white photographs done by John D. Zumbrun, taken in Peking. A large number of the plates are in color, exquisitely done. The color plates display different shop signs, objects used in every-day life, and different facets of the Chinese economy (services and goods). Crane's study of Chinese society through their public displays (most of the plates are colorful images of street and business signs Crane saw) is a unique one. The endpapers and pastedowns toned, the final folding plate is split very neatly with the separated piece laid in; jacket with a chip to the top of its spine panel and with light soiling.
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