DAVIDSON, James W. The Island of Formosa Past and Present. History, People, Resources, and Commercial Prospects. Tea, Camphor, Sugar, Gold, Coal, Sulphur, Economical Plants and other Productions. Yokohama, ["Japan Gazette" Press] for Macmillan, London, New York and Kelly & Walsh in Yokohama,1903.
4to. Original illustrated cloth; pp. [4], iii, [3], 5, [3, blank and errata], 646, xxvii (appendix), 46 (index), colour frontispiece, plates, large colour-printed folding map in rear pocket; extremeities a little worn, offsetting from endpapers, light even toning due to paper stock; still a very good copy.
First edition of one of the best English language books on Taiwan. Davidson was the US Consul for Formosa, and compiled a treasure trove of information on all aspects of the island, including the turbulent history. 'Still the most frequently consulted English language source' (Otness, One Thousand Westerners in Taiwan, to 1945).
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