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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Dec, 1937, pp. 671-726, Profusely Illus with BW Photos & 8 Full-Page Color Photo Plts, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Dec, 1937, pp. 671-726, Profusely Illus with BW Photos & 8 Full-Page Color Photo Plts, Contains Orig F Cover & Ads but all pages following have been removed. Thus article stands alone in Orig F Cover, soil spots on cover else G-VG.

Condizione: Very Good. December 1937, VG++, NO MAP, clean & tight, square, no markings, a very attractive issue with only very mild shelfwear, cover has short faint crease at top corner.

pgs.not bound. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. very good condition. Vintage paper items are not returnable scarce vintage article has many illustrations in b/w color . Pages neatly trimmed, in mylar with a stiff backing.; scarce vintage article has many illustrations in b/w color . Pages neatly trimmed, in mylar with a stiff backing.; NOVI009325; pages 6x9; 55 pages.…

Washington D.C. 1937, N.G.S. Stiff yellow wrappers,very good & clean copy, 671-710 pages,complete issue magazine,8 color, 52 black & white photographs, photo captions & text, 17.5 x 25.5 cm., solid copy, co-author T. Lau. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . . *** **** *** . . . WITH THREE 1937 ARTICLES ON GUANGXI, GUILIN & GUANGDONG . . . PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED . . . WITH COLOR, BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS . . . OLD KIANGSI PROVINCE & KWEILIN & CANTON . *** A record of an expedition by leaders of the NGS [National Geographic Society, U.S.A.] and Lingnam University to Kwangsi [Guangxi] & Kwangtung [Guangdong] provinces. . An excellent guide to the province, its sights, people, customs and landscapes, Canton delta city, Kweilin's rock gardens, river life, spectacular limestone pinnacles above the Kwei river, boat & chain bridges, Canton city architecture with fascinating comments on the culture & land. . This issue has three lengthy articles and photographs on: . a. Guangxi city landscapes of Kweilin [Guilin], Kewi River [Kwei= cinnamon i.e. cinnamon forests, river later renamed as the Li-river]. Wuchow, covered stone bridge, boat bridge, Wu river, magical limestone Karst mountains and spectacular landscapes. Many black & white photographs. . b. With color photographic essay on Yen Tang Shan and its spectacular Karst mountains. . c. Guangdong province: Hong Kong, Macao & Canton: the Canton delta, [Pearl River or North, West & East Rivers. Lion & Dragon dancing for New Years, Dragon boat racing, house boat life, Wu Ting Fang memorial, mass wedding ceremony, floating villages, sampan life. pagoda at Lingnam University and stilt-walkers. Many black & white photographs. . With map of the "Manzi" area, south of the Yangtze River, named by Marco Polo meaning Chinas southern coast of Chekiang, Fukien & Kwangtung down to Hainan Island, including Kwangsi. These are the green sub-tropical areas of China. . ***.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. xii+831 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index. light cover wear, small tear at top & bottom of spine. Contents: The necessity of scientific education in China to-day; The peoples of Kwangtung: Their origin, migrations, and present distribution; The manufacture of leather in Canton; On the palm and sole prints of Chinese; Manufactures weather; The study of botany in Fukien; A note on Gnetum scandens; The Magnoliaceae of Kwangtung, Macao, and Hong Kong; The botany of Kwangtung and its relation to agriculture; Differentiating fungi by precipitation with water-soluble specific substances; The number of vascular bundles in Ephedra sinica and E. equisetina; Grasses of Canton vicinity; A brief historical survey of the Lingnan University Herbarium; The local resident's opportunity for productive work in the biological sciences in China; Unrecorded plants from Kwangtung Province II; A review of the literature on the growth of Bamboo; Remarks on citrus and citrus relatives in China; The marine and freshwater algae of China; The collection of mosquitoes in south China; On two species of Sphaeridium from the oriental region (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae); Gall midges or gall gnats of the orient (Itonididae or Cecidomyiidae); The membracidae of China; A common moth and some of its enemies; The Brethnidae and Lycidae of China; Our present knowledge about the Pupipara of Tabanidae of China; A new species of stonefly from China (order Plecoptera, family Nemouridae); Biological notes on a Chrysomelid pest of bamboo; Termites, destroyers of wood and man's fight against them; Present status of our knowledge of the termites of China; Insect inhabitants of the fruiting sprays of the pagoda tree, Sophora japonica; Studies on the Chinese honey-bee; Some principles useful in solving economic biological problems; Study of Brachyplatus subaëneus Westw.; The nervous system of the white grub (the larva of Osmoderma socialis Horn) Part I. External characters of the nervous system; The nervous system of the white grub (the larva of Osmoderma socialis Horn) part II. Internal structure of the brain and ventral nerve cord; External morphology of the corn ear worm; The present status of knowledge bout Chinese Gryinidae; On the cricket locusts (Gryllacrids) of China; A list of the coprophagous Coleoptera of China; Notes on the life history of a wild silkworm; History of Rhynchocoris humeralis Thumb. (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae).…