Lin Yutang [trans.]; Goodman Loy [illus.]

Tales and Parables of Old China [Limited Edition]

San Francisco: The Book Club of California / Random House, 1943. Very Good+. Item #33120

San Francisco: The Book Club of California / Random House, 1943. Limited Edition of 550 copies. Staple bound self-wrappers (24 cm); unpaginated. Black and red printing throughout with a black illustration at sixth page. Extremities bumped and rubbed with toning at spine margin, light soiling, and minor bumped tear to top front margin. Previous owner name in pen to verso of front cover, otherwise pages clean. Prospectus laid in at front. A Very Good or better copy.

This is the second in a series of six pamphlets issued to the members of The Book Club of California, each focusing on literature from a different Pacific area country who had allied with the United States during World War II. Limited pamphlet release of text first appearing in "The Wisdom of India and China" from 1942.

Price: $100.00