John Hersey & L. Carrington Goodrich – Sidney D. Gamble's
John Hersey & L. Carrington Goodrich – Sidney D. Gamble's China ; photographs of the land and it's people – Washington, Alvin Rosenbaum Projects, pp – Linen binding in linen box – 31 x25.5 cm –First printingCondition:New ! in cardboard boxGamble, late grandson of the founder of Procter & Gamble, spent three long sojourns in China during the period . Trained in economics at Princeton and the University of California, he undertook pioneering surveys of life both in Beijing and in rural North China. One of his methods, and the purpose of this book, was photography, and this lavish volume contains more than 90 beautifully printed, highly evocative duotones of a China that is no more. Each photo is complemented by calligraphy and a Chinese poem in English translation.Lot will be sent registered. Read More