Published by BBC Books, London, 2008, 1st edition. Coloured laminated boards under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 9.5ins, 336pp. Illustrated throughout with colour photogaphs. "In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Khan embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of the peoples of the world". 376 photographs (368 in colour) taken between 1909 and 1930. VG / VG.