Peyton Griffin (7 results)

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:1572732741.

Paperback. 160p., wraps, 8.25x11.75 inches, illus., wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Originally published in 1937 by the North-China Daily News. The former Russian Imperial Army lieutenant Sapojnikoff, a White Russian refugee who settled in Shanghai in 1920, worked as a cartoonist for various newspapers including the North-China Daily News. His work, published under the pseudonym Sapajou, was quite influential in 1930s China (Richard Rigby postulates a possible influence on the famous San Mao series). When Japan occupied Shanghai and his fellow newspapermen were interned or forced to leave, Sapojnikoff made the decision to work with the new administration. His reputation has been substantially whitewashed in recent years, but his work in occupied Shanghai was ardently pro-Nazi and pro-Japanese fascist. After the war he was unable to find work, and left for a refugee camp in the Philippines on the eve of the establishment of the PRC, dying soon thereafter.

Quarter Cloth, Brown Boards. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Inscribed and signed by author, dated Shanghai, 1927; Translated from the French by R.T. Peyton-Griffin; Moderately clean textblock with some soiling; Sound binding, shows signs of edge wear, rubbed and character-soiled, spine darkened. Although lacking the original paper dust jacket, the binding is now protected in clear, five-mil mylar. 302 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Hardcover.

1st edition 1/2 cloth Very Good octavo 302pp., b/w pls., text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Signed presentation copy from the translator; Peyton-Griffin & interesting subsequent inscription. Boards rather worn but internally a nice copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. not paginated, oversize, illustrations, cartoons, Very good in string bound soft covers. Reprinted from Cartoons and "In Parenthesis" which have appeared in the North China Daily News between August 11 and September 27, 1937. Rare collection of cartoons and humor from the Japanese attack on Shanghai in 1937. VERY RARE item!

1 volume, large folio, (31 * 23 cm), soft illustrated covers dusty with some marginal tears, 70 pages of text and cartoons by Sapajou, a good copy of this scarce publication. (N.S.) Those cartoons by Sapajou have first appeared in North China Daily News between August 11 and September 27, 1937, during the Japanese Occupation in Shanghai. Sapajou (Georgii Avksentievich Sapojnikoff), a former Russian Army Lieutenant who worked as a cartoonist for The North China Daily News from 1925 onwards. The text was edited by R. T. Peyton-Griffin, editor of the paper, who used the pen-name "In Parenthesis". Please inquire before buying.

First edition thus of these satirical takes on the unfolding Sino-Japanese War, first published in the North-China Daily News in August and September 1937. Sapajou, the pen name of the Russian émigré Georgii Avksent'ievich Sapojnikoff, was the paper's long-serving cartoonist and a household name in Shanghai. His cartoons are supported by extracts from "In Parenthesis," a humorous column written by the editor, R. T. Peyton-Griffin. Quarto. Illustrations throughout. Original buff card wrappers, tied with brown silk ribbon as issued, front cover lettered in black and with cartoon. Contemporary gift inscription on title page. Wrappers creased and nicked, old stains, signs of handling and occasional foxing internally: very good.