The Floating Population in China: An Illustrated Record of the Junkmen and their Boats on Sea and River

Worchester, G. R. G.

Verlag: Vetch & Lee, Hong Kong, 1970

Beschreibung

The author, a 31 year veteran of the Chinese Maritime Customs authority, first arrived in China in 1912, and over the course of his career, became one of the foremost experts on the maritime vessels and traditions of early Republican China. The current publication was his last, issued posthumously, and perhaps one of his most charming works, illustrated as it is with 37 of his original drawings. The illustrations augment his description of 25 types of boats then plying the China waters, including such colourful vessels as the pig boat of the Pearl River, the flower boat of Canton (a sort of flouting house of ill repute) and the famous lorcha, scourge of the pirates off the coast of Macau. The second part of the book comprises a contribution by the author's wife, also an accomplished artist, entitled 'Some Chunking Types on the Upper Yangtze Rivers'. In this section, she describes the tradesmen and the crafts of old China, as recorded during her many travels with her husband, and illustrated with 35 original drawings. 90 pp., 72 b&w drawings, A charming and now scarce work. Size: 25 x 19 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000635

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Floating Population in China: An ...

Verlag: Vetch & Lee, Hong Kong

Erscheinungsdatum: 1970

Einband: Hard bound

Illustrator: GRG & Doris Worchester

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition.