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Biography & memoir
A Chinese Childhood
Chiang Yee · illustrated by Chiang Yee (author-illustrator; colour plates and line drawings)
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- Author
- Chiang Yee
- Illustrator
- Chiang Yee (author-illustrator; colour plates and line drawings)
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- Year
- 1943
- Edition
- Not stated in photographed text; copyright page reads 'First published in 1940' · not confirmed
- Binding
- Hardback
- Dust jacket
- Yes – Poor
- Condition
- Good
About this copy
Chiang Yee, the much-loved 'Silent Traveller', turns his gentle eye to his own boyhood in this charming memoir. Drawn from his happy years in his family home at Kiu-kiang, the book brings to life a large household, its festivals, its customs and its colourful everyday rhythms, all told with warmth and humour. This copy comes with its dust jacket, and the book is brightly illustrated throughout with the author's own colour plates and line drawings.
Condition
- Book
- Good - A firm, sound copy with clean pages and bright, unfaded colour plates. The endpaper carries a handwritten name and the date 1943.
- Dust jacket
- Poor - Chipped and torn at the spine ends and top edge, with heavy toning and soiling. Still present and complete enough to show the printed price.
A pre-owned book; any wear beyond that described is minor and in keeping with its age.
Collector's notes
- Chiang Yee illustrated this book himself, with colour plates in his distinctive style.
- Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., London; the copyright page reads 'First published in 1940'.
- Dust jacket with printed price of 15s. net on the rear flap.
A lovely copy, ready for its next reader.
This is a pre-owned book. Please look at every photograph: they show its true condition.
