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111pp, bw photos, drawings, col frontis. Or orange cloth with yellow title in jacket. Endpapers foxed, some light even toning throughout, slight fading at head and foot of spine. Jacket rubbed at folds and edges, 2 tears of approx 1", some tape reinforcement on verso. The author was sent to the Far East by the ministry of information to take photographs, and wherever he went he also made notes, of the places he visited, the sights he saw and the people he met. The result is this brilliant and authentic glimpse of India and China at war. Size: 8vo

first edition 111pp ills. VG (orange cloth,spine and edges sl.sunned,tape stains to eps,owner's inscr.to ffep,te red,edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks d/w

111pp. Colour illustated frontispiece. Original orange cloth lettered in yellow. 44 black and white photographs on plate paper, 14 illustrations in the text. A nice copy lacking d.j., with no inscriptions or marks. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. Size: large 8vo

First Edition. Illustrations and photographs by the author. No DJ or initial price data. A rare item. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Good.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. bright orange cloth hardback with yellow titles to spine and upper board, in unclipped dust jacket. 111pp., with colour frontispiece, 32 b/w plates of photographs and 15 line drawings within the text, all by Beaton. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Occasional light foxing, mainly to prelims and foredge. Slight fading to top and base of cloth spine. Dust jacket has 3cm loss to top of spine and a number of closed tears and chips to edges. Overall a VERY GOOD COPY in Good dust jacket. (Shelf 130) Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

111 pages with another 32 pages of photograph plates and illustrations, line drawings by CB in the text, colour frontispiece from a watercolour by the author also. wrapper has a little foxing at spine and at top edge of the rear of the wrapper, the orange cloth boards are near fine as are the contents, there are no inscriptions and the price of 15/- is intact on front flap. The paper used is quality hand made wood-pulp fibre mixture and is fine. Slim octavo. 1945. *Sent by HM Government with the Ministry of Information, but this isn't an official account, nor does it mention the agitator and dissident Ghandi. It is a photographers own impressions.

First Impression. Book is Near Fine in reddish-orange cloth, in a Very Good example of the exotic pink and grey dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Crown of spine very slightly rubbed. Unsigned bookplate stamp to front free endpaper. Spine-ends of jacket worn, less to flap-points. 111pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Q15116

VI, 110 pp., [1]. With numerous b&w photographs, a few illustrations and 1 coloured plate. First edition. - Spine faded, edges somewhat rubbed, outer joints minimally chipped, plate at the lower edge minimally squeezed, else a fine copy. Sprache: Englisch 8°, original cloth, yellow lettering.

First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 111, colour frontispiece after a painting by Beaton, b/w photo illustrations and in-text drawings. Red stain top edge. Bound in bright orange cloth covered hard boards and in the original dust jacket which has been price clipped. The book is in Fine condition, no flaws to note; the jacket is Near Fine with slight wear to spine ends and a 8mm close tear at the bottom of the lower panel. A lovely copy, the best we have handled.

London. B.T. Batsford Ltd. Autumn, 1945. First edition. Hardback, octavo; orange cloth-bound boards with yellow titles, top edge pink, dust jacket. vi, 111 pages. Colour frontispiece, 32 black-and-white hors-texte plates, many text illustrations. English. 230x155mm. 0.35kg. Near fine, in near fine dust jacket; slight shelf wear to jacket, light ruffling to top forecorners and head of spine, slight toning to spine, not price-clipped; no inscriptions. Following on from Near East published two years earlier, Far East continues the story of Beaton's work and experience as a war photographer working for the Ministry of Information. The book covers his travels to India, Burma and China. Whilst there he took photographs of the locals, the landscape and the military, many of which are reproduced here. These are supplemented by Beaton's rich descriptions of these countries, their people and his wartime experiences. His accomplished line drawings appear throughout the text. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller.