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Here is a little selection of Russian-language books published in Shanghai, which have the views of the Bund on their covers.

The cover of Pavel Severny's novel Lady (1938) shows the stylized HSBC building and the Custom House. Design by A. A. Yaron (son of the architect):

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This article was originally written for the weekly architecture series in Magazeta: https://magazeta.com/2019/04/arc-book/


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