Secrets of the Chinese Drama : A Complete Explanatory Guide to Actions and Symbols as Seen in the Performance of Chinese Dramas
Shanghai, China: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Short quato( over sized ). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Missing dust jacket. Glue staining around the eddges of front and rear endpapers. Name of former owner Lois Armentrout (possible Baptist Missionary) in English and Chinese on fist pastedown and endpaper, with list of various Chinese dynastic eras and dates. xxv (5), 299 p. w/theater floor plans,B&w illus of characers and actors, color illus. of masks and musical instruments, and index. A lovely and well illustrated introduction to Chinese drama for Western readers from the last era of foregin colonialism in China. Very good. Item #21964
Price: $170.00