First edition. Octavo, pp 33 + 25 plate illustrations. The illustrations are all by B.A. Frederick. Bound in soft red card wraps. Illustrated front cover. Written as a series of lessons of aspects of living in China, each chapter being in rhyming verse, and covering such subjects as The Amah, Loss of Face, Civil War and the Chinese Calendar. Written in a humorous manner. In Good condition, clean internally, covers mottled, corners rubbed, p.o. name to upper corner of front cover. A most uncommon book, 10 copies on OCLC, none on Copac.

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Title

A Child's Primer of Things Chinese

Publisher

Tientsin: Tientsin Press Limited

Publication Date

1923

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Good

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China

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