FIRST EDITION QUARTO FULL CALF RECASED WITH A NEW SPINE AND CONTEMPORARY BOARDS.940 PAGES 17 PLATES/MAPS SOME FOLDING. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF GEORGE HENRY ARNOLD. HINGES PROFESSIONALLY STRENTHENED. SOME FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. AND A FEW PLATES THEN VERY CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. A HANDSOME BOOK.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD CELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. WHEN THIS BOOK WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1903 IT WAS THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF TAIWAN IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. HISTORY PEOPLE RESOURCES AND COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS:- TEA CAMPHOR SUGAR GOLD COAL SULPHUR ECONOMICAL PLANTS AND OTHER PRODUCTIONS. CONTAINS TWO NEW MAPS FRONTISPIECE IN COLOUR ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND COLOURED REPRODUCTIONS OF TWO CINESE POSTERS. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
