The Story of the World in Pictures – Harley Usill (1934) (1st ed)

S$68.00

The Story of the World in Pictures – Harley Usill (1934) (1st ed)

S$68.00

Title: The Story of the World in Pictures

Author: Harley Usill (ed.), H. Douglas Thomson (ed.)

Publisher: Odhams Press, London, 1934. First edition.

Condition: Hardcover, cloth. Good. Some staining, discolouration and slight fraying to cover. Very slight foxing to book. Binding sagging slightly. Text clean, binding tight. 608pp., app 10″x7″. Overseas shipping will cost extra.

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A stunning collection of sepia photographs on everything about the world, from the various races and peoples, to architecture, travel and transport. Some of these photos capture a world that is today lost, such as people living their everyday lives wearing their traditional attire, or Jesuit priests operating an observatory in Shanghai.