The Image of Earth by H. Bedford-Jones is presented in a clean English digital edition with active navigation. The book belongs to classics and preserves the character of the source text for sustained ebook reading. The opening pages establish the work's atmosphere with this first movement: JIM HANECY, the red-headed American, whose doctrine of pitiless efficiency had made him one of the most successful agents and dealers in Chinese objets d'art, stood on the deck of his chartered river boat and bade farewell to Cheng-tu. "About the best clean-up I've ever made!" he reflected. "We've got most of the thing. Detected sections include: The Image of Earth. This edition is prepared for a fluent reading experience with clear typography and no extraneous promotional material.