The spirit of Chinese poetry: an original essay ... with illustrations from ancient Chinese drawings

by V. W. W. S. Purcell

$200 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Singapore: Kelly & Walsh, Limited and at Shanghai and Hongkong, 1929. First edition, 8vo, pp. 6 , 43, 5 ; frontispiece, 2 plates and a few illustrations in the text; near fine copy in original orange and gilt brocade cloth, printed paper label on upper cover, with a small scar at the top of the front board; preserving the original pictorial dust jacket on the spine of which an early owner has written the title and author. Also, with a neat gift

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