The History of Shanghai First Edition
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First Edition of George Lanning and Samuel Couling's The History of Shanghai
LANNING, George; Samuel Couling.
The History of Shanghai.
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh/ Printed and Published for the Shanghai Municipal Council, 1921.
First edition of this early comprehensive English-language account of Shanghai’s transformation from a regional port into a major international city. Royal octavo, original publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece of a folding plate of "The Bund", illustrated with numerous black and white plates and folding maps. In near fine condition with light shelf wear, name to the front pastedown.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 150329
