[Rarebooks] STUDIES IN CHINESE LIFE

[Garry R Austin]

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Grainger, Adam. STUDIES IN CHINESE LIFE. Chengtu, West China: Canadian Methodist Mission Press, 1921. First edition. Octavo, pebbled black cloth, lettered in gilt. 151pp. Frontispiece portrait. Preface by James Hutson. Very good. Wear at spine top. Foxing to verso of frontispiece. Page 91 bottom corner is missing without any textural loss, else, very good. Customs include; Birth, Marriage, Death, Mourning, Burial, Ancestral Worship, Festivals, The New Year, Values, Superstitions, Children’s Games, Foodstuffs and more. Quite scarce. Text is in English but with Chinese Characters at the foot of each page. $195.00

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