[Rarebooks] For Sale: DeBose, The Dragon, Image & Demon

[Norman Kane]

DuBOSE, HAMPDEN C.   [Chinese Characters at Top of Title Page.]  THE 
DRAGON, IMAGE, AND DEMON OR THE THREE RELIGIONS OF CHINA: 
CONFUCIANISM. BUDDHISM, AND TAOISM . . . THE MYTHOLOGY, IDOLATRY, AND 
DEMONOLATRY OF THE CHINESE.   N. Y.: A. C. Armstrong &
Son, 1887.  Original cloth, approx. 8 X 5 inches, cover lightly 
lacquered, very small bruise near top of spine, marginal mark on one 
page, spine somewhat faded but printing quite legible, otherwise very 
good. Edges marbled. Many illustrations.  The text, of course, is 
in  English. (DuBose was for 14 years a missionary at 
Soochow.)   $150.00 
     (Trade Discount Available)

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