First medley, A
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1934. 9" x 5 3/4" pp. [6], 92. First edition. Signed by the author, "To [Gracie] and Olivia / From the Author, [Shanghai?] 19. 9. 34." on the front free endpaper. Bright orange cloth boards with gold stamping on the spine and cover; adhesive stain on both covers from binding process, light foxing on text edge. Includes illustrated cover jacket, smudged and lightly chipped at the edges though intact with all text present. Text is clean and bright with multiple lively orange-and-black cartoons throughout; very good. Item #2776
Cover image, "'Chips' [and] 'Mike' [with] the author / with his two dogs on the bund at Kakchioh, Swatow, South China."
Price: $300.00