Perckhammer China Photo Book 1930 Beijing Nude Ming Tombs Temples Peking Pagoda

A rare photobook on everyday life in China. Depicted ar craftsmen, fisherman, shoemaker, cook, farmer lad, Manchurian girl, street traders, paper producer, jugglers, opium smoking, temple festival, young nude chinese women, Mongolian in bridal jewelry, farmer, camels, religious people, Taoist priest, abbot, monk, funeral, Temple of Heaven, Gates in Beijing [Peking], Lohan, temple Yun-ho-kung, Bai-ta-si kuan-jin, Pe-hai, Ming Tombs, Sacred Silk Burner, pagodas, great Chinese wall, Junk Ship ...

All photos are taken by renowned German photographer Perckhammer. He travelled to Southern China and Macao in the late 1920s where he also photographed women from the Macao brothels.

Hardcover

• 79 pages
• 16 pages intro with index and description of photographs
• 64 sepia photos in gravure

In very good exterior and near fine interior condition
Spine sunned, name on front pastedown, vertical crease on rear free endpaper, otherwise ok. Photo pages look unread.

All pages are complete and tight in the binding.

Approx/Measurements: 7-1/2" x 5" ~0.35 lbs.