Corner Cathay by Fielde Adele, First Edition (4 results)

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The author, an American Baptist missionary and scientist who resided in Swatow for some fifteen years and was fluent in Chinese, provides a sympathetic account of life, customs and beliefs in rural southern China at the time. Illustrated with a dozen fine and charming watercolour paintings in the Chinese style (tissue guard for one illustration missing). Clean ex-lib with usual marks on spine, front and rear paste-downs; perforated lib. stamp on title page. Front hinge cracked but remains strong. Internal pages clean and unmarked. xi, 286 pp., 12 col. ill.'s. Size: 19 x 15 cm.

Hardcover. 1st edition. FINE book. "MINT", "AS NEW" between the covers, including the 12 tissue guarded color plates. 8vo, xi,286pp. Text block tight as new. Gilt top edge of text block as bright and shiny as new, not even a touch of darkening. Fore & bottom edges as white as new. Front with elaborate gilt vignette of luxurious home surrounded by trees. Woman is at front door greeting (or berating) a person standing outside. Front cover edge ruled in gilt. Spine with gilt author/title/publisher info. Spine gilt with barest hint of darkening. Cover tips & spine ends with touch of wear. A spectacular copy. FINE book. TEG. Gorgeous gilt lettered & decorated red cloth.

286pp. small 8vo Illustrated with 12 color plates "by artists in the celebrated school of Go Leng, at Swatow, China" Gilt pictorial red cloth, top edges gilt 1st edition, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on the front free endpaper: "To/ Mrs. L.B. Ramsdell/with sincere regards from/ the author" followed by 2 Chinese ideograms and dated October 1, 1898 Light foxing, 1 tissue guard loose, covers lightly rubbed: still, a nice clean tight bright copy: VG/no dj.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1] 286; frontispiece and 11 plates; original pictorial red cloth stamped in gilt, t.e.g.; spine slightly sunned and with a small indent; all else verry good, bright, sound, and clean. Fielde was a multi-talented scientist and missionary. She travelled to China following her fiancé, but upon arrival learned that he had passed away. She subsequently spent 15 years in China, doing missionary work and producing a dictionary of Teochew before returning to the US. In her book she covers broader topics such as Taoism and Confucianism, but also ethnological and legal matters including the role of woman in society.