Various pagination sequences. Profusely illustrated from photographs & other sources, some color; numerous advertisements. 25.8x18.5 cm (10¼x7¼"), original cloth stamped in gilt & colors. Substantial and significant "Shipper's & Traveller's Guide to all the Principal Ports of the World" at the end of the decade growth during the 1920s. 'Glimpses of the East' was the official shipper's guide of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Thumb-indexed by country and each country paginated separately, with chapters on China, Formosa, Hong Kong, British India, Australia, British Columbia, United States etc. Of particular interest are the countless hotel and commercial adverts preceding each section.
Various pagination sequences. Profusely illustrated from photographs & other sources, some color; numerous advertisements. 25.8x18.5 cm (10¼x7¼"), original cloth stamped in gilt & colors. Substantial and significant "Shipper's & Traveller's Guide to all the Principal Ports of the World" at the end of the decade growth during the 1920s. 'Glimpses of the East' was the official shipper's guide of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Thumb-indexed by country and each country paginated separately, with chapters on China, Formosa, Hong Kong, British India, Australia, British Columbia, United States etc. Of particular interest are the countless hotel and commercial adverts preceding each section.
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