Perckhammer - Peking - 1928





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“Peking” by Heinz von Perckhammer, illustrated hardback numbered first edition (1928) published by Albertus-Verlag in Berlin, a 220-page photo book in German with multilingual captions documenting life and architecture in Peking, with a scarce dust jacket in very good condition.
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‘Peking’ by Heinz von Perckhammer, published in 1928 by Albertus-Verlag in Berlin, is a well-known photo book that appeared as part of the series ‘Das Gesicht der Städte’ (The Face of Cities).
The work contains 200 full-page, sepia-toned photographs documenting life and architecture in Peking in the 1920s. The captions are multilingual (German, English, French and Spanish).
Foreword by: Arthur Holitscher
First edition. XX, 200 pp.
Large-format original cloth binding. With the scarce dustjacket!
Condition: Dust jacket with signs of wear, book and pages and photographs in very good condition
‘Peking’ by Heinz von Perckhammer, published in 1928 by Albertus-Verlag in Berlin, is a well-known photo book that appeared as part of the series ‘Das Gesicht der Städte’ (The Face of Cities).
The work contains 200 full-page, sepia-toned photographs documenting life and architecture in Peking in the 1920s. The captions are multilingual (German, English, French and Spanish).
Foreword by: Arthur Holitscher
First edition. XX, 200 pp.
Large-format original cloth binding. With the scarce dustjacket!
Condition: Dust jacket with signs of wear, book and pages and photographs in very good condition

