WORLD'S CHILDREN Text by Dorothy Menpes

MENPES, Mortimer

Verlag: London A & C Black, 1903

Beschreibung

First edition. 4to. Large paper issue, signed limited edition, number 387 of 500 deluxe copies signed by Mortimer Menpes. White cloth with bevelled edges, gilt lettering and decoration in green and purple. Top edge gilt. Red silk page marker present. A good copy, boards somewhat faded and dusty. One hundred colour illustrations, under captioned tissue guards, by Mortimer Menpes One of 500 copies originally published at £2-2s (2 guineas). This book recounts the impressions Dorothy and Mortimer Menpes formed of children from different cultures as they travelled around the world, ranging from the "sweet innocence" of the English child, to the obedience of the French child and the "queer, half-sad, half-happy life" of the Chinese child. The book discusses the attitudes towards children and their role in society in each of the countries he visits, which include Italy, Spain, Rumania, Holland, North America, Mexico, India, China, Japan, Russia, Egypt and Burma. Inman 262. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 42218

Bibliografische Details

Titel: WORLD'S CHILDREN Text by Dorothy Menpes

Verlag: London A & C Black

Erscheinungsdatum: 1903

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: 1. Auflage