Xu Jianing (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardbound in dust jacket. Text in Chinese & English. [ Oversize. Contact for overseas shipping quote.].

Boards. Condition: Good, unless otherwise noted. 29x27cm, 145 pp. B/w illustrations of photographs throughout, many full page. // A survey of the work of the amateur and, later, professional photographer, Heinz von Perckhammer, resident in China in the 1920s. He is most famous for his evocative photography of Peking and its people. This work shows much Peking material and also other lesser-known work by Perckhammer such as his photography of Chinese nudes. Illustrated throughout with good-sized images. In Chinese.…

Boards. Condition: Good, unless otherwise noted. 29x27cm, 169 pp. B/w illustrations of photographs throughout, many full page. // Illustrates and describes the work of the commercial photographer, Yamamoto Sanshichiro, who went to Peking to photograph the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion and then set up shop in Peking and Tianjin for the first two decades of the 20th century. In addition to photography of the Boxer aftermath and views of Peking and its people, this work also includes lesser-known work by Yamamoto including some of the earliest photography of the Yungang caves. Large illustrations throughout. In Chinese.…