MOUNT OMEI. A NEW EDITION of the OMEI ILLUSTRATED GUIDE BOOK by HUANG SHOU-FU and T'AN CHUNG-YO A. D. 1887-1891, with an English Translation by Dryden Linsley Phelps.

ILLUSTRATED with WOODBLOCK PLATES redrawn from the ORIGINAL PLATES by YU TZU-TAN.

Published by West China Union University - Harvard Yenching Series, CHENGTU, SZECHWAN, 1936. First edition, first printing of this English translation.

Wrappers, lacking front wrapper, sewn binding, 454 pages (227 double leaves), 7.25x12.75 inches (18x32 cm). Bound in sewn-on contemporary silk covered boards with a silk brocade decoration on the front cover, and partial of the front wrapper (title portion) glued to the inside front cover.

Condition: The front and rear silk covered boards that are sewn on over the original work are coming loose, hanging on with just a few threads, and the silk brocade on the front board has some loose threads; the front original wrapper is only partially present as noted above, the rear wrapper is present and has a few inch closed tear and some edge chips, the blank front free endpaper has creases, chips, and a previous owner's lovely bookplate (Hazel Rhodes), otherwise the inner pages are very nice, just a bit of corner and edge wear here and there, overall complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. The illustrations are gorgeous.

RARE and BEAUTIFULLY BOUND COPY of the 1936 FIRST ENGLISH EDITION.