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.
1ST EDITION. FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ALLAN INSOLE FRANCIS ROSE ROB SCAIFE DENIS SIMMONS RICHARD SMOUT AND NICK STEWART. EDITOR ANNE MARSTON. ILLUSTRATION IN COLOUR AND LINE DRAWINGS OF MAPS.NEAT NAME AND DATE ON FEP.
FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 273. DEDICATION ON THE TITLE PAGE BY THE AUTHOR. A FINE COPY BOUND IN GREEN CLOTH ALL EDGES GILT SLIPCASE. TALES OF THE HIGHLANDS. THE AUTHOR WAS SAID TO BE THE MODEL IAN FLEMING HAD FOR JAMES BOND.
