Hardback with blue cloth boards and titles in gilt to spine and cover in very good condition. Very slight bumping to corners. Dustjacket in very good minus condition with minor sunning along spine and a watermark inside, along the top. Shelfwear along top edge. Printed on coated paper. Volume 1 of a pictorial approach to learning the Chinese language, with ideograms alongside the English meanings. Numerous alphabetical tables within the text. Prefaced with a 37 page introduction, which includes a few colour photographs. Volume 1 of a five volume work.