Letters of a Shanghai Griffin.

£350 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

The first edition was printed in 1910, revised in the following year and reprinted several times. Henry William Goodenough Hayter (1862-1915) was a caricaturist and editor working for a number of magazines like ‘The Rattle’ and ‘The Eastern Sketch’ in Shanghai. He was one of 16 children and carried the same name as his father. A humorous collection of anecdotes of Shanghai life. Jay Denby’s dates are unknown. ‘Griffin’ generally refers to a newcomer in the Far East. The text is written in the style of letters addressed to a father. Even the reprint is uncommon.

• Year: 1923
• Printing: later

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