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Lot 162
Sale 6330 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 8, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600 -
800
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$1,088
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Lot Description
MENNIE, Donald (1875-1941), photographer. The Grandeur of the Gorges. Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh for A.S. Watson, 1926.
Small folio. 50 photographic plates tipped in, including 12 original hand-colored gelatin silver prints by Mennie, each with a short descriptive note by Lieut. Comdr. H. Foote Carey, who accompanied Mennie on the second trip. Original pictorial silk binding; publisher's? box.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 68 of 1000 copies. ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS OF THE UPPER YANGTZE, taken during two excursions in the low-level season. The first on a steamer from Ichang to Chungking, during poor weather, and the second between Ichang and Wan Hsien. A VERY BRIGHT COPY.