Item #157955 SAIL AND SWEEP IN CHINA. G. R. G. Worcester.

SAIL AND SWEEP IN CHINA.

The history and development of the Chinese junk as illustrated by the collection of junk models in the Science Museum. With drawings and plans by the author. Pp. xvi+146, frontispiece, 14 plates (4 single page), folding map, text illustrations, index; cr. 4to; red boards, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a little worn, verso browned; bookseller's sticker on the upper pastedown, top edges of leaves foxed; Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1966. First edition. *The author was formerly River Inspector with the Chinese Maritime Customs. Item #157955

Price: $150.00