The History of Shanghai.

Shanghai: Shanghai Municipal Council,, 1921. First edition, first printing, with the delicate folding plans in excellent condition. This enduringly valuable history covers commerce, currency, extraterritoriality, expatriate social life, and even smuggling. The plans present Shanghai as it appeared in the mid-19th century, as well as the layout of the first British consulate and the anchorage at Suzhou Creek. Lanning and Couling (1859-1922) were veteran foreign residents of the city. An educator, Lanning ran a boys' school for several decades. His co-author was a missionary, as well as a correspondent of Sir Aurel Stein - Couling's collection of ancient Chinese oracle bones was purchased by the British Museum in 1911. Octavo. Folding frontispiece showing panorama of Bund, 6 plates, 5 folding plans. Original black morocco-grain cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front board panelled in blind. Spine rubbed, boards bright, joints expertly repaired, plates and plans well preserved: a very good copy.