China Coast Ballads. Illustrations by Sapajou.

£280 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A book of humorous verses illustrated by the famous caricaturist White Russian emigre Georgi Sapojnikoff (dates unknown) who was better known as ‘Sapajou’ and was a regular contributor to the North China Daily News and the North China Herald. Shamus A’Rabbitt was the pseudonym of James Aloysius Rabbitt, an American engineer who spent much of the 20s and 30s living in China.

• Year: 1938

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