[Rarebooks] FS: English-Chinese Memory Dictionary

[Bob Petrilla]

Hall, R. Acott. ENGLISH-CHINESE MEMORY DICTIONARY: Two Thousand Commonest
Terms. Arranged under Subjects, with Index. Shanghai: Chinese American
Publishing Co., circa 1890. First Edition. Printed by The Oriental Press.
pp: (xii), (201), 26, (4); text in English and phonetic Chinese, with
Chinese characters. Bound in black cloth over flexible boards, gilt cover
title. 6" x 4" Very Good.
Hall was with H.M. Consular Service in China. Presented in two parts, Daily
Discourse and Divers Discourse, his sub-sections include; Time and Terms
Temporal; Weather and Climatic Concerns; Money, Measures, and Methods of
Asking the Way; Horses and Equestrian Questions; Travelling by Train;
Clothes, Tailors, and Colours; Food, Cooking, and Cuttery; Houses and
Furniture; Fires, Dressing, and Things Domestic; Customs Terms; Police and
Legal Terms; Medical Matters; Etiquette Expressions; Sport, Theatres,
Photography; Rickshaws, Carts, and Carts; &c. [OCLC/WorldCat finds three
holdings: Claremont College; UC-Berkeley; U Cal-NRLF.] $65.00

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