Details
•Title: Oriental Series - Manchuria - Its People, Resources And Recent History
•Year: 1910 - White House Limited Edition #2, limited to 200 copies! Vol. XIV
•Size (inches): 6.5 x 9.5
•Size (cm): 16 x 24
•Pages: 320
•Author: Alexander Hosie
•Publisher: J. B. Millet Company Boston & Tokyo
Description
Very hard to find "White House" edition limited to two hundred copies! This is a full leather copy with fine tissue guards protecting the illustrations. This came from a 24 volume series about Asian countries, there was only one volume about Manchuria, this one! Top gold gilt edge. Tight binding. No writing, no tears, no foxing, smoke free - no odor.
Contents
Boundaries, Physical Features and Climate
People and Administration
Recent Events in Manchuria
Agriculture and Agricultural Products
Animal and Mineral Products
Special Industries
Trade of Manchuria
A Journey Into Central Manchuria
To Port Arthur and Along the Eastern Frontier
On the Amur
Illustrations
Russian War Vessels at Port Arthur
A Manchurian Criminal
Temporary Storage of Coffins of Dead Chinese Waiting Transportation to the Original Homes of the Deceased
Chinese Building Utilised as Russian Officers' Quarters at Niu-chuang
Japanese Fugitives Arriving in Port Arthur
A Manchurian Girl
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