The Maritime Customs III. Miscellaneous Series: No. 52. First edition. Profusely illustrated with plates, full-page plans (several folding) and sketches in the text. Folio. Original cloth-backed yellow printed boards, some wear to edges, but generally a very good copy. [x], 82pp. Shanghai, Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1941.
“In the previous issue of this series (No. 51: Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze) an illustrated description of the ‘crooked-stern’ junk appeared, and further details of this remarkable craft are furnished in the present volume.” (Prefatory Note). This is a detailed description along with a technical account of the “salt” junks and sampan serving the salt trade in Sichuan province. It is the rarest of Worcester’s publications for the Maritime Customs.
