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The Grandeur of the Gorges
Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Co. Kelly & Walsh Ltd., 1926; first edition, signed by the photographer in ink on colophon page, numbered 504 from an edition of 1000, with fifty plates, the majority photogravure, twelve hand-coloured, the latter possibly gelatin silver prints, each approx. 6½ x 7½ in., half title, title page, preface by Mennie, introduction by Marc T. Greene, list of plates, half gold leather, black silk on boards (torn in several places), titled in gilt on front cover, 4to.; with a small concertina-style Japanese album containing forty-eight albumen prints, cloth boards, 4½ x 7 in; and Hill, O., Garden of Adonis, London: Philip Allan & Co., 1923 (3)
Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Co. Kelly & Walsh Ltd., 1926; first edition, signed by the photographer in ink on colophon page, numbered 504 from an edition of 1000, with fifty plates, the majority photogravure, twelve hand-coloured, the latter possibly gelatin silver prints, each approx. 6½ x 7½ in., half title, title page, preface by Mennie, introduction by Marc T. Greene, list of plates, half gold leather, black silk on boards (torn in several places), titled in gilt on front cover, 4to.; with a small concertina-style Japanese album containing forty-eight albumen prints, cloth boards, 4½ x 7 in; and Hill, O., Garden of Adonis, London: Philip Allan & Co., 1923 (3)
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