The Canton Guide.

KERR John Glasgow (1918.)

£1200.00 

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Rewritten and brought up to date. Two folding maps (one large folding map measuring 87x38cm) as well as 7 full-page illustrations. 8vo. Bound in early 20th century half-cloth, original printed wrappers bound in, occasional underlining in pencil, overall a very good copy. 102pp. Hong Kong/Canton, Kelly & Walsh, 

An excellent guide-books to the city of Canton and its surroundings. All of the place and street names are given in Chinese characters, which would have been extremely helpful when navigating the city. It includes chapters on clubs, libraries, churches, policing, and missionary institutions and it was first issued in 1904. Rare. Only five copies in OCLC.

Stock Code: 231167

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