1927 CHINA YESTERDAY AND TODAY BY WILLIAMS 40 B/W PLATES CHINESE PEKING BEIJING*

Description: I have here for sale a book entitled CHINA YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY by Edward Thomas Williams. It is a revised edition published in 1927 by Thomas Y Crowell Company, New York, USA. The chapters covered are: What is China?; The Beginnings of China; The Family; Marriage and the Status of Women; The Farmer; the Village Republic; The City; The Craftsman; The Guilds; The Calendar and its Festivals; Confucius and His Teaching; Confucianism in the Home; Confucianism as a State Religion; Chinese Buddhism; Taoism; Early Foreign Intercourse; Opening the Gates of China; The Apotheosis of an American; Burlingame and Oriental Immigration; Spheres of Interest; The Era of Reform; Setting up of the Republic; The Struggle for Democracy; Foreign Trade; Chinese Art. There are 40 b/w plates usually arranged two to a page. There is also a large colour map of China and Japan kept in a pouch on the outside of the rear board. Bound in full dark green buckram hardboards with gilt title lettering to the front and spine. Boards in fine condition. Pencil writing to the front endpaper. Pages a little sunned but clean and firm. 664 pages including index. 22 x 15 cm.We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a wide range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if and anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.

Price: 39.99 GBP

Location: Whitegate, Cheshire

End Time: 2024-12-11T10:03:46.000Z

Shipping Cost: 45.46 GBP