London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924. First edition, #217/800 numbered copies. 4to. Later brown-buckram over original boards, worn; top edge stained red, other edges untrimmed, edges worn. Illustrated with 128 photogravures on 109 leaves, folding plan of Peking, two color plates, 51 architectural plans and drawings in text. Hinges stressed; front matter, excluding title-page, sprung and lightly foxed. With the ink stamp of Sir John Burnet & Partners Architects on limitation page and rear free endpaper, and their ownership signature on front free endpaper.