China

First edition of China by Edward Burtynsky (2005)

First impression 

Large format hardback in near fine condition

Some very minor wear and toning to dust jacket, now in a removable protective sleeve

Some very slight toning to extremities of pages

Otherwise pages clean, binding firm

Published by Steidl

About

In this book, Edward Burtynsky presents photographs of the remnant and newly established zones of Chinese industrialization—those places created while realizing the “glory” of wealth for a powerful civilization yearning to move forward and join the ranks of modern nations. Using diplomatic channels, Burtynsky has gained rare access to these sites, creating images that are at once arresting and unsettling. These photographs afford us privileged glimpses of the vast social and economic transformation currently underway in China.