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Scarce complete set of the secret reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence.
Scarce complete set of the secret reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence.
Scarce complete set of the secret reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence.
Scarce complete set of the secret reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence.
Scarce complete set of the secret reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence.

[GEOGRAPHICAL HANDBOOK SERIES].

China proper.

London, Naval Intelligence Division, 1944-1945.

£750.00
£750.00

China proper.

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Scarce complete set of the secret reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence. Comprises sections on physical geography, history, peoples, modern history and administration, economic geography, ports and communications.

First edition; 3 vols, 8vo; xvi, 542 pp. 122 maps & diagrams, 143 plates, large folding map in pocket; xii, 370 pp, 35 maps & diagrams 64 plates; xiv, 653 pp. 94 maps & diagrams, 160 plates; original green cloth gilt, spines faded, joints slightly rubbed, a very good set.

Stock code 113235

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Scarce complete set of the secret reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence.

China proper.

£750.00
£750.00

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THORBECKE, Ellen.
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The earliest authoritative source of information on China available in Europe at that time. The most important work on China since Marco Polo.
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CRANSTON, Claudia.
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HATCH, Ernest.
Far Eastern Impressions. 1904.
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HALL, Capt. Basil.
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