Secrets of the Chinese drama: a complete explanatory guide to actions and symbols as seen in the performance of Chinese dramas
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1937. 10" x 8" pp. xxv, [5], 299, [1]. First edition, includes frontispiece with tissue guard and multiple photographic images, color illustrations of masks and theater props, and theater floor plans. Red cloth boards with tan spine; gold stamping on the cover, red stamping on the spine, slight smudging on cover with a few small pain dots on the back cover. Text is clean; slight foxing on endpapers. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, "Winifred Halstead." Very good; near fine text. Item #2789
"With Synopses of Fifty Popular Chinese Plays and 240 illustrations, including 54 color plates" (title page).
Price: $260.00