Elsie Mccormick (45 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. May, 1922, pp. 445-472, Profusely Illus with BW Photos & 8 Color Photo Plates, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Unexpurgated Diary of a Shanghai Baby. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, xiv + 306pp. Illustrated with a black & white photographic frontispiece and plates. Hardcover, bound in original blue cloth with gilt title to spine; gilt title and pictorial device to front cover. In very good condition. Firm binding and crisp, clean, interior. Previous owner's signature inside front cover, otherwise no markings or signs of prior ownership. Very minor shelf-wear or rubbing to extremities including a little rubbing to spine, otherwise gilt remains sharp and bright. An attractive copy. …

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New. This wonderful book is written as the diary of a one-year-old baby in an American expat household in Shanghai in the early 1920s. The world of old Shanghai, the life of expats in Asia - it is all reflected here through the eyes of the baby. Elsie McCormick, an American resident of Shanghai, nails the feel of the times with humor and insight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - as Issued. 3rd Edition. Brown boards, brown cloth spine with no title, Chinese characters on face. 96 pages plus Epilogue and Glossary. There is a gift inscription on the first free endpaper and an enclosed note addressed to Missay Hicks from Dorris. One of the signatures is loose but fits nicely in place. Printed circa 1920.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. May, 1922, pp. 445-472, Profusely Illus Incl 8 Color Photo Plts, Contains Orig F Cover & Ads but all pages following have been removed. Thus article stands alone in Orig F Cover of Magazine, else VG & Crisp.

Condition: New. In English.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 114 pages. 8.00x5.40x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. D. Appleton & Co., 1928; later printing of 1923 edition; [xiii], 306pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; damp-staining to spine cloth and small portion of front and rear boards near gutter; light wear to edges of blue cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold on front board, faded but legible on spine; photos, illustrations and text very good. No dust jacket, if issued. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Audacious Angles on China. McCormick, Elsie. D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1923. 306p.hardcover no dust jacket, boards lightly bumped/scuffed, solid copy, very good condition--22.50.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Very Good. The books dust jacket is in very good condition with minor shelf ware such as scuffs and scratches, otherwise the content is in very good condition.

1st edition. A resident of China in the 1920s presents its panorama of life. Solid clean tight copy of HB 1st. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4, 306 pp, glossary, b/w photos. VeryGood unmarked, light wear, fading gilt. Hardccover in blue cloth boards w gilt titling & illus, no jacket.

Hardcover. Blue cloth, gold lettering, no dj, rubbed, ex-lib, text vg. China; 11388.

Boards. Condition: Good. Third Edition. no date [iv], [100]pp [most of spine chipped away exposing string-bound signatures] Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

xiv + 114pp, glossary, hardback in dustjacket, very good. This wonderful book is written as the diary of a one-year-old baby in an American expat household in Shanghai in the early 1920s. The world of old Shanghai, the life of expats in Asia in those far-off days - it is all reflected here through the eyes of the baby. Elsie McCormick, an American resident of Shanghai, nails the feel of the times with humor and insight. "This is my favorite book on old Shanghai by a long margin." Graham Earnshaw, author of Tales of Old Shanghai Who is Elsie McCormick? Ms McCormick was an American who published a book called lived in Shanghai for some years in the 1920s, and published a book called Audacious Angles on China in 1923, which included the first version of the Unexpurgated Diary of a Shanghai baby. A third edition of the Unexpurgated Diary was subsequently published as a stand-alone book in Shanghai by the Chinese American Publishing Co in 1927. By the 1930s, Elsie was back in the United States writing for the New Yorker magazine, which is all the confirmation anyone needs of the quality of a writer's work.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This wonderful book is written as the diary of a one-year-old baby in an American expat household in Shanghai in the early 1920s. The world of old Shanghai, the life of expats in Asia - it is all reflected here through the eyes of the baby. Elsie McCormick, an American resident of Shanghai, nails the feel of the times with humor and insight.…

Hardback. No dustjacket. First Printing. Tight sound copy in Very Good condition with corner bumps, rubs to edges of covers and minor fraying to edges of cloth covers around edges of spine, some browning to edges of interior pages. Owner's name stamped in purple ink and owner's book plate on inside front cover.…

pgs.not bound. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. very good condition. Vintage paper items are not returnable scarce vintage article has many illustrations in b/w & color. Pages neatly trimmed, in mylar with a stiff backing.; scarce vintage article has many illustrations in b/w & color. Pages neatly trimmed, in mylar with a stiff backing.; NOVI009298; pages 6x9; 19 pages.…

Condition: New. KlappentextThis wonderful book is written as the diary of a one-year-old baby in an American expat household in Shanghai in the early 1920s. The world of old Shanghai, the life of expats in Asia - it is all reflected here through the eye.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardback. Condition: New. This wonderful book is written as the diary of a one-year-old baby in an American expat household in Shanghai in the early 1920s. The world of old Shanghai, the life of expats in Asia - it is all reflected here through the eyes of the baby. Elsie McCormick, an American resident of Shanghai, nails the feel of the times with humor and insight.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

98 [1] pp. 12mo, publisher's lettered boards. Second edition. Text block tanned; slight use to boards.

Boards. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. ii, 99 pp. Original boards with lettering in black to front board. Leaves age-darkened. Clean copy. 8vo.

Condition: Very Good. 2nd Shanghai edition. "The ups and downs of dwelling in the Far East as seen from the intimate viewpoint of a Shanghai baby - a vision of the East that is altogether laughable and delightful". Very good in a very good dust jacket with a short closed tear. 20x13.5 cm. [6], 98 pp. Orange boards, black cover title.…