Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1923. 1 volume 8vo, 438 pp., original cloth backed boards, illustrated by H.W.G. Hayter (21 full page drawings), one corner bumped, a very good copy.
"The aim of "Letters of a Shanghai Griffin" is to convey an impression of life in the Far East as it apperared to an individual for whom the serious side of any subject has never possessed so powerful an attraction as has its humorous aspect" (Extract from Preface by Jay Denby). A rare insight of chinese way of life, customs, food and culture.
Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1923. 1 volume 8vo, 438 pp., original cloth backed boards, illustrated by H.W.G. Hayter (21 full page drawings), one corner bumped, a very good copy.
"The aim of "Letters of a Shanghai Griffin" is to convey an impression of life in the Far East as it apperared to an individual for whom the serious side of any subject has never possessed so powerful an attraction as has its humorous aspect" (Extract from Preface by Jay Denby). A rare insight of chinese way of life, customs, food and culture.