roving southern china de franck harry (40 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the 1920s the American travel writer Harry A Franck was known to readers as the Prince of Vagabonds. His wanderings were family affairs and he arrived in southern China in 1923 with his wife, their two young children and his mother. Franck always claimed that his travel plans were random, subject to chance encounters and whatever caught his eye.He arrives in a Hong Kong which is building modern department stores and large houses while labourers sleep on straw mats beside the harbour. In Macao he visits temples, ancient forts and, of course, casinos. And then to Canton (Guangzhou), a city in flux where new buildings are transforming the waterfront, the ancient city walls are being demolished, and the traditional rookeries of small lanes are being replaced by wide asphalt roads as the city rapidly modernises.Franck also provides us with a highly detailed description of Shamian Island a year after the tumultuous strikes and boycotts that meant naval gunboats and barbed wire still protected the small foreign enclave. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 108 pages. 7.00x4.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the 1920s the American travel writer Harry A Franck was known to readers as the Prince of Vagabonds. His wanderings were family affairs and he arrived in southern China in 1923 with his wife, their two young children and his mother. Franck always claimed that his travel plans were random, subject to chance encounters and whatever caught his eye.He arrives in a Hong Kong which is building modern department stores and large houses while labourers sleep on straw mats beside the harbour. In Macao he visits temples, ancient forts and, of course, casinos. And then to Canton (Guangzhou), a city in flux where new buildings are transforming the waterfront, the ancient city walls are being demolished, and the traditional rookeries of small lanes are being replaced by wide asphalt roads as the city rapidly modernises.Franck also provides us with a highly detailed description of Shamian Island a year after the tumultuous strikes and boycotts that meant naval gunboats and barbed wire still protected the small foreign enclave. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Bound in publisher's green pictorial cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Rear gutter starting. Owner's stamp inside covers, else unmarked. xxi, 649 p., ill., 23 cm.

Paperback. Condición: New. New Book, Direct from Publisher.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - In the 1920s the American travel writer Harry A Franck was known to readers as the "Prince of Vagabonds". His wanderings were family affairs and he arrived in Southern China in 1923 with his wife, their two young children and his mother. Franck always claimed that his travel plans were random, subject to chance encounters and whatever caught his eye. He arrives in a Hong Kong which is building modern department stores and large houses while labourers sleep on straw mats beside the harbor. In Macao he visits temples, ancient forts and, of course, casinos. And then to Canton (Guangzhou), a city in flux where new buildings are transforming the waterfront, the ancient city walls are being demolished, and the traditional rookeries of small lanes are being replaced by wide asphalt roads as the city rapidly modernises. Franck also provides us with a highly detailed description of Shamian Island a year after the tumultuous strikes and boycotts that meant naval gunboats and barbed wire protected the small foreign enclave.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: VG-. xxi, 649p, ills, map. Covers & spine show wear, some brownish discoloration to blank end pages, but text is clean and unmarked.

Decorative Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Illustrated Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Scarce in the dust jacket, and packed with detail about China in the 1920's Old clipped newspaper articles pasted in at the end otherwise an exceptional copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1925 Hardcover. Ex-Library. Text is clean. Binding is strong. B & W illustrations, fold-out color map intact with tiny edge wrinkles. Red cloth cover is worn, rubbed corners & edges, Spine ends & edges are worn, missing pieces and tears. Inside is good, cover is worn. *No shipping outside the United States available for this heavy book.*.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good -. No Jacket. First Edition. (1925), 649pp, illus. w/ photos, green cloth, slight soiling & shelfwear to cover, top corners lightly bumped, slight soiling to pg edges, bookplate to fep, no dj, contents clean & unmarked.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated Ilustrador. With 171 unusual photographs and a map depicting the route, this scarce edition of 'Roving Through Southern China' is a fascinating perspective of on the country by American travel writer, Harry A. Franck. A later edition. First published in 1925. Undated, dated from merger of publishers Appleton and Century.In the publisher's original cloth.With eighty nine plates depicting one hundred and seventy one photographic plates and a folding map. Collated complete.A travelogue detailing Franck's journey across southern China in the 1920s. Franck vividly captures the region"s landscapes, people, and cultures. His adventurous spirit and keen observations provide historical insights into rural Chinese life during a time of political unrest and transformation. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally in excellent condition with just minor shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Bookseller label to front paste down and prior owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages and the fore edge. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Octavo with green cloth boards and black stamping; xxi, 649 pages; frontispiece; plates; folded map (in color) 23 cm. Harry A. Franck was a travel writer renowned for his frugal methods and intimate encounters, whose books intimately recorded life as it was lived in the societies he visited, at a time when many of them were changing rapidly under the influence of industrialization. His account of a visit to Southern China is chock full of photographs and written in a casual style. A remarkable historical/anthropological document that captures the people and landscapes of Southern China as they were in the early years of the 20th century. ??Heavily illustrated with b&w photoplates. ? Contents: Shanghai by the back door. The first circle inland. Up the lower Yang Tze. Flagstone trails in August. Kingtehchen, the China-town of China. Overland to Fukien. Down the Min to Foochow. Loafing along the southern coast. A short winter in the "southern capital". Canton under Sun Yat-sen. Politics and soldiery. Sze Yap, the home of our own Chinese. "South of the sea" to Hainan. Down the West River through Kwangsi. Some general aspects of Chinese life. Up to Y?nnanfu. A journey under "military protection". Toilsome trails of the southwest. Among China's unabsorbed tribes. On to the Yang Tze Kiang. Szechuan trails in midsummer. Chengtu and beyond. To the summit of sacred Omeishan. Musings from a holy mountain-top. Homeward down the upper Yang Tze. Across country to Canton.??**Somewhat heavy item. Additional shipping fees may be needed for expedited or international orders. Please inquire**. Very good (-); pages are clean and binding solid; ex libris sticker on front pastedown and bookshop sticker on rear pastedown; some mild rubbing to edges and corners and stain to upper edge that extends only into upper margin. See photos First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited).

Original Cloth. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Tipped into the front is a signed typed letter (17 lines) to an old friend, as well as a signed sketch of the author, also inscribed to that friend. Very good copy of this substantial (649 pp) account. With the folding map. Signed By the Authors.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: no dj. Roving Through Southern China. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Hardcover, original red cloth of the publisher ( bumped corner ), 24 x 16 cm, XXI + 649 pp., English, Illustrations, book condition: Very Good.