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DENNYS, Nicholas Belfield, editor. The treaty ports of China and Japan. A complete guide to the open ports of those countries, together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong and Macao. Forming a guide book & vade mecum for travellers, merchants, and residents in general. By Wm. Fred. Mayers, N. B. Dennys, and Chas. King. London: Trübner and Co., and Hong Kong: A. Shortrede and Co., 1867.
8° (219 x 135 mm). 28 (of 29) maps (mostly printed in red and folding) and plates (lacking one map “China Proper” supplied in photo-facsimile and laid-in). Contemporary publisher’s calf (some wear at edges). Provenance: Richard J. Abbott, (contemporary ownership inscription, “Rd. J. Abbott. Hong Kong. April 24th 1867” on front pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, with author’s printed presentation slip laid in. Includes a 26-page “Catalogue of books on China (other than philological) published on China and Japan in the English language” as Appendix C. at end.
8° (219 x 135 mm). 28 (of 29) maps (mostly printed in red and folding) and plates (lacking one map “China Proper” supplied in photo-facsimile and laid-in). Contemporary publisher’s calf (some wear at edges). Provenance: Richard J. Abbott, (contemporary ownership inscription, “Rd. J. Abbott. Hong Kong. April 24th 1867” on front pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, with author’s printed presentation slip laid in. Includes a 26-page “Catalogue of books on China (other than philological) published on China and Japan in the English language” as Appendix C. at end.