Gravure Photos China; Donald Mennie & Helene Hoppenot

Two books of Gravure Photographs of Old China; the first, "Pictures of Peking (Series One)" A Collection of Artistic Studies Reproduced in 20 Vandyck Photogravure Illustrating the Picturesque aspect o

RARE CHINESE PHOTO ESSAY BOOK - "The Pageant of Peking", photos by Donald Mennie, text by Putnam Weale, published by A.S. Watson & Co., Shanghai, China, 1920, containing 66 photogravures of China, in

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

From Picturesque China by Donald Mennie. Circa 1914.

China.- Mennie (Donald) The Grandeur of the Gorges, first edition, one of 1000 copies, 50 tipped-in plates from photographs, including 12 hand-coloured gelatin silver prints, some silver mirroring in

China.- Mennie (Donald) The Pageant of Peking, third edition, tipped-in photogravures, some spotting, original silk gilt, cracking to spine, rubbed with loss of silk, folio, A. S. Watson & Co, Shangha