Durham Rasmussen (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Printed by Tonbridge Free Press, Tonbridge, n.d. 4th revision. 'Rewritten from researches begun in 1908 and continued over a period of twenty-five years and recorded in several pamphlets, booklets and short treatises from 1915 to 1949' - title page. Very good condition, red paper covers, staples rusting, minimal shelf wear, internally very good indeed, b/w ill., 64pp.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 60. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1915 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 60.…

First edition, first impression, of this little-known pamphlet by an old China hand which presciently argues that Britain risks being dragged by misinformation into military tensions in East Asia. "The layman will save some heartburning if he takes a little salt with his breakfast news on China" (p. 24). We have traced for institutional copies: University of Oxford, Trinity College Dublin, New York Public Library, and Cornell. The author (1888-1970) was the son of Christian Rasmussen, who served with the British navy during the Boxer Rebellion. Otto Rasmussen lived in China in the early decades of the 20th century and wrote a number of books including a widely cited history of Tianjin (1925). Octavo, pp. 24. Map on inside front cove.r Original orange wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, front cover lettered in black with half-tone illustration of Japanese war monument in Dairen. Wrappers soiled and lightly worn, rear cover creased with small chip at foot, contents clean. A very good copy of this delicate pamphlet. …