Illustrated by Arch. Webb. Pp. 254, coloured frontispiece, plus 3 black & white plates; cr. 8vo; pictorial brown cloth, lettered in gilt & black and decorated in black, white & tan, faintly soiled, edges of boards slightly rubbed, with a couple of tiny bruises; bookseller's small stamp at foot of..... More
Pp. 256, black & white frontispiece; cr. 8vo; light blue cloth, lettered and ruled in darker blue, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges rubbed and split, with a few tiny chips, the backstrip browned; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, inked..... More
Pp. 96, coloured frontispiece; cr. 8vo; pictorial papered boards, a trifle canted, edges lightly rubbed, the lower board faintly soiled; top edges dark brown; free endpapers slightly offset, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Oxford University Press/Humphrey Milford, London, 1935. First edition? *One of Gilson's later books, published using the..... More
Pp. 252+[4](advertisements), coloured frontispiece and 3 plates; cr. 8vo; pictorial green cloth, lettered and decorated in black, edges of boards a trifle marked, the fore-edges faintly bruised near centre; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse and faintly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips and..... More
Illustrated in colour by Christopher Clark. Pp. 328(last blank), coloured frontispiece and 5 plates; cr. 8vo; green cloth, decorated in black, with coloured oval pictorial only on upper board, edges of boards slightly flecked and rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, Church Missionary Society prize bookplate (dated 1929-1930)..... More
With Four Coloured Plates. Pp. [viii]+312(last colophon), coloured frontispiece and 3 plates; demy 8vo; pictorial purple cloth, lettered in gilt & pale yellow and decorated in red, yellow & black, edges of boards lightly rubbed and top fore-corners faintly bruised, the spine slightly faded; top edges dark blue; bookseller's sticker..... More
Pp. 224, coloured frontispiece; cr. 8vo; light brown boards, lettered and decorated in black, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; scattered foxing; Cassell and Company, Limited, London, 1932. First edition. Cassell's New Boys' Library series. *Charles Gilson (1878-1943) served in China after the Boxer Rebellion and featured China in some..... More
