B[ook of] R[eference] 530 [-A, B] … China proper.

Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Naval Intelligence Division, London, 1945

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Uncommon complete set of the British Admiralty reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence. This set relating to China was but one of a series of comprehensive reports covering physical geography, history, peoples, modern history and administration, economic geography, ports and communications, that originated from a need in the First World War "to supply, by scientific research and skilled arrangement, material for the discussion of naval, military and political problems" (preface). These were continued to be used during the Second World War but were found to be inadequate: "The present series of Handbooks . is an entirely new set of books, produced . by trained geographers drawn largely from the Universities, and working at sub-centres established at Oxford and Cambridge" (preface). These China volumes were produced at the Cambridge sub-centre, and among the contributors Gwen Raverat (1885-1957), grand-daughter of Charles Darwin and one of England's greatest wood-engravers, is credited with helping to draw the maps and diagrams. The large folding map in the pocket of vol. I is Bartholomew's 1944 publication of the 1:5,000,000 map prepared by the Edinburgh Geographical Institute (listed as map 70 in vol. I, Appendix IV, p. 503), showing relief with layer-colouring in shades of green and brown, roads and caravan routes in red, the Great Wall, railways, rivers, sea routes and boundaries in black with the latter with over-laid purple, lakes and sea in blue with submarine contour with change of shade, large cities shaded in black. 3 volumes, octavo (215 x 138mm). Vol. I Physical Geography, History and Peoples: xvi, 542 pp., 122 maps and diagrams, 143 plates, large folding map in pocket at end; vol. II Modern History and Administration: xii, 370 pp, 35 maps and diagrams 64 plates; vol. II Economic Geography, Ports and Communications: xiv, 653 pp. 94 maps and diagrams, including a folding map of Shanghai Harbour, 160 plates. (Faint occasional scattered spotting mainly confined to title-pages and final leaf of vol. III, slight cracking of textblock in vol. I between pp.xvi-1, last few leaves of vol. I faintly dogeared.) Original green cloth gilt (spines faded, extremities lightly rubbed, slightly more heavily to upper joint of vol. I with tiny loss, a few corners slightly bumped). Provenance: Andover Boys Secondary School (ink stamps and neat ink classmarks to front pastedowns).…

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Título
B[ook of] R[eference] 530 [-A, B] … China proper.
Autor
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION - GEOGRAPHICAL HANDBOOK SERIES.
Editorial
Naval Intelligence Division, London
Año de publicación
1945
Estado
Bueno
Sobrecubierta
Sin Sobrecubierta
Encuadernación
Encuadernación de tapa dura
Idioma
inglés
Ilustrador
Gwen Raverat

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Welcome to Julian Wilson Rare Books. With nearly 30 years’ experience in handling rare and antiquarian books, atlases and maps, we offer specialist knowledge of travel, natural history and science, especially geology and geological maps, as well as manuscripts, archives, prints, drawings and topographical art. Julian started his career in the world of antiquarian books when he joined Maggs Bros Ltd in 1997, apprenticed under the late John Collins in the Natural History department. In 2008, Julian took the opportunity to join Christie’s as a Specialist, later becoming Associate Director and Senior Specialist in the King Street Book Department. He has handled many important works in diverse subjects over the years, including a complete subscriber’s set of John Gould’s magnificent ornithological books, a fine coloured copy of the complete first edition of Gerard Mercator’s Atlas, 1585-1595, a pair of John Russell’s extremely scarce prints of the moon, two copies of Mendel’s offprint on genetics and the laws of inheritance, a beautiful example of the famous Chinese ‘Blue Map’, Complete Geographical Map of the Great Qing Dynasty, and Marx’s presentation copy of Das Kapital to his cousin. He has also enjoyed being involved with non-book items, such as an Apple-1 computer and an Enigma machine. Over the past decade, Julian has grown and developed successful sales of photographs, maps, posters and other ephemera relating to major 20th-century geo-political events, tying into his life-long interest with TE Lawrence. Julian also has a fascination with paleontology, geology and the earth sciences, and has helped catalogue a major private collection on the subject. In January 2025, after 17 years at Christie’s, Julian stepped away from the auction world to create his new independent dealership. …

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