CHINA--AH FONG (PUBLISHER) The Sino-Japanese hostilities. Shanghai: Ah Fong, 1937 FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes (text and album of photographs), large oblong 8vo, comprising text (149 x 215mm.), 12pp. with numbered list of the photographs, and album of photographs (170 x 230mm.), 199 (of 200) silver gelatin prints (average 60 x 82mm., or the reverse, 2 larger), of which 4 printed in red and black representing the city burning at night, mounted on card, recto and verso, bindings: text in original printed wrappers, album in original sewn black cloth boards, upper cover with pictorial image stamped in gilt, lacking one photograph, a few slightly torn corners and splits along the spineWITH:[anonymous]--Photographs of the Sino-Japanese hostilities in Shanghai 1937 [title on upper cover], oblong 8vo (184 x 242mm.), 28 vintage matt silver prints (from 82 x 135mm. to 122 x 146mm.), mounted on card, recto only, modern black-cloth patterned boards, label on upper cover A rare collection of photographs, which were also published in a smaller version with only 100 prints. The Ah Fong Studio was established in Hong Kong in 1859; other branches, including Shanghai, were opened as the staff at the studio received training from early western photographers in China. The Second Sino-Japanese War began in August 1937 with Japanese artillery and aerial bombing laying waste to much of the city; eventually the Chinese forces withdrew to Nanking following a siege of three months. The photos depict, in brutal reality, the damage and loss of life caused by the Japanese attacks, both to buildings and inhabitants, as well as images of Chinese and Japanese soldiers, Japanese bombers, American marines, US and British warships seeking to evacuate foreign nationals and the Japanese “Victory” parade. According to the text, the photographs were taken during the siege by "S.S." and "S.C.S." during the Sino-Japanese hostilities in Shanghai from August to November 1937. The first album is accompanied in this lot by a second modern album containing a further 28 vintage photographs of the same period showing war-damaged streets and buildings by unknown photographers.
CHINA--AH FONG (PUBLISHER) The Sino-Japanese hostilities. Shanghai: Ah Fong, 1937 FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes (text and album of photographs), large oblong 8vo, comprising text (149 x 215mm.), 12pp. with numbered list of the photographs, and album of photographs (170 x 230mm.), 199 (of 200) silver gelatin prints (average 60 x 82mm., or the reverse, 2 larger), of which 4 printed in red and black representing the city burning at night, mounted on card, recto and verso, bindings: text in original printed wrappers, album in original sewn black cloth boards, upper cover with pictorial image stamped in gilt, lacking one photograph, a few slightly torn corners and splits along the spineWITH:[anonymous]--Photographs of the Sino-Japanese hostilities in Shanghai 1937 [title on upper cover], oblong 8vo (184 x 242mm.), 28 vintage matt silver prints (from 82 x 135mm. to 122 x 146mm.), mounted on card, recto only, modern black-cloth patterned boards, label on upper cover A rare collection of photographs, which were also published in a smaller version with only 100 prints. The Ah Fong Studio was established in Hong Kong in 1859; other branches, including Shanghai, were opened as the staff at the studio received training from early western photographers in China. The Second Sino-Japanese War began in August 1937 with Japanese artillery and aerial bombing laying waste to much of the city; eventually the Chinese forces withdrew to Nanking following a siege of three months. The photos depict, in brutal reality, the damage and loss of life caused by the Japanese attacks, both to buildings and inhabitants, as well as images of Chinese and Japanese soldiers, Japanese bombers, American marines, US and British warships seeking to evacuate foreign nationals and the Japanese “Victory” parade. According to the text, the photographs were taken during the siege by "S.S." and "S.C.S." during the Sino-Japanese hostilities in Shanghai from August to November 1937. The first album is accompanied in this lot by a second modern album containing a further 28 vintage photographs of the same period showing war-damaged streets and buildings by unknown photographers.
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