First edition. Photographic frontispiece, 1 photographic plate, and 14maps (7 folding). 8vo. Original green cloth in decorated dust-jacket (minor tears). Overall a close to fine copy. 114pp. Shanghai, North China Daily News & Herald, 1932.
A walk in the country is a quintessential pastime for an Englishman and this guidebook gives suggestions for eleven walks in the countryside around Shanghai. The dust-jacket is illustrated by the famous caricaturist Russian emigre Georgi Sapojnikoff (dates unknown) who was better known as ‘Sapajou’ and a regular contributor to the North China Daily News and the North China Herald. Uncommon.
