HERBERT C. WHITE, Peking the Beautiful. Shanghai, China: The Commercial Press, Limited, 1927.

70 photographic plates mounted, numerous illustrations in text. Original embroidered silk padded pictorial boards, edges uncut. With original box.
First edition, with an introduction by Professor Hu Shih, comprising photographic studies of the celebrated monuments of China’s northern capital with descriptive and historical notes. Rare with the binding in such fine condition.

Wear, some few stains, box with heavy wear and some small damages.