KNIVH1 Knight, Luther: THE VANISHED HEAVENLY COUNTRY. 消失的天府 (1910-1913). Guilin, 2009. 176 pp. Full page b/w photographs throughout. 21x21 cm. Wrappers. GBP 30.00 Shows black-and-white photographs taken by an American teacher, Luther Knight, who taught in Chengdu in China's Sichuan province from 1910-1913, dying in Chengdu in 1913. Knight travelled extensively throughout the province, reaching many remote parts and this is a fascinating archive of his travels showing scenery, buildings and people at a time when Sichuan was little-visited by westerners. Includes a number of photographs of the Yangtze Gorges. In Chinese. Subjects: Photography Item 381 in List 213. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?k/KNIVH1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |