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Item Details
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OLD BEIJING
POSTCARDS FROM THE IMPERIAL CITY |
| By: |
Susan Naquin |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£6.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0804841853 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780804841856 |
| Publisher: |
TUTTLE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2012 |
| Edition: |
2nd ed. |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Description: |
"Camel trains arriving at a city gate; the distinctive architecture of the Forbidden City, its pagodas, imperial buildings and temples; Manchu fashion, the Empress Dowager and the child emperor Puyi; street performers and foreign tourists--all come to life again in this extraordinary collection of rare and vintage postcards. Old Beijing: Postcards from the Imperial City offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital. Comprising 350 black-and-white and hand-tinted cards that span the period from the last years of Imperial China to the Japanese invasion of 1937, it is a treasure trove for historians, collectors, Sinophiles, and anyone fascinated by people and cultures from times past"-- |
| Synopsis: |
This collection of rare and vintage postcards offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital, then known as Peking. Comprising 350 black and white and hand tinted cards that span from the last years of Imperial China to the Japanese invasion of 1937, it is a treasure for historians, collectors, Sinophiles, and anyone fascinated by people and cultures from times past. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Tuttle Publishing |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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