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Souvenir Album of China. Including Four Hundred and Fifty Original Photographs - Charles F. Gammon

1908 - Denniston &, Shanghai - First Edition
A rare and fine early collection of over 450 photographs printed on 100 pages by Charles Frederick Gammon, with with English titles, in the original illustrated paper boards.

American missionary Charles Frederick Gammon (1870-1926) spent seventeen years in China, he was superintendent of colportage for the American Bible Society in northern China. Gammon also held a commission from the Chinese government as a military instructor at Tianjin University and served as a lieutenant with the allied armies during the Boxer Rebellion and was at the siege of Tien Tain. He returned to the United States in 1909, giving regular lectures on his time in China, and submitting articles to various journals.
 
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