A Corner of Cathay. Studies From Life Among the Chinese. Illustrated by Artists in the Celebrated School of Go Leng, at Swatow, China
New York and London: Macmillan And Co, 1894. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 286 pages, elaborate gilt stamped decorative red cloth, t.e.g., twelve color illustrations with tissue guards including the frontispiece. -- Former owners name in ink on first free end-paper. A few small water spots to cloth covers and spine (see photo), light exterior wear. -- Internally clean, binding sound. Date 1894 on title page and also on verso of title page with no other dates or printings listed and no edition stated; assumed first american edition. --. Very good. Item #9333
"These studies were made during a residence of fifteen years in China, chiefly at Swatow, in the southeastern corner, with frequent sojourns to villages which no other foreigner had ever visited, and with extensive travel in other parts of the empire."-preface.
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