A Chinese Childhood

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1953. second printing of the third British edition; inscribed by Chiang Yee in Chinese at the title page; xii, 304 pp., hardcover, very good in an edge-worn dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers.… Read more about this item

Methuen, 1946. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. Pages a little tanned, edges more so, else internally a good, sound copy, binding firm; cover is worn and rubbed, with some marking and corner bumps. No wrapper..

New York: John Day Company. Very Good. 1952. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, first American printing as stated on copyright page, includes a genealogical chart of the Chiang family, eight color plates and many attractive drawings, the cover has tiny areas of wear to the corner-tips of the black cloth, the binding is tight and… Read more about this item

New York: The John Day Company, 1952. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 303pp. Sharp Stated First American Edition, bound in black cloth with titles in yellow on spine and in Chinese characters in yellow on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of softness to crown. Very attractive illustrated unclipped dust-jacket, ($5.00),… Read more about this item

New York: John Day, 1952. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. xii, 303. Color frontis. illustration. Illustrated with a few full color plates; line drawings throughout. Endpaper family tree. Bound in black cloth with Chinese characters stamped in gilt on the front board, gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket… Read more about this item

NY: John Day, 1952. 1st. Very Good/Very Good. Chiang Yee. Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket, 303 pages. First American edition; first published London, 1940. Chiang Yee, whose delightful books on London, Boston, San Francisco and other cities brings a fresh and tender view of all the places he saw, brings the same freshness to memories… Read more about this item

Williamstown, MA: Corner House. Fine/Near Fine. 1976. reprint. hardcover. 8vo . 431pp . Facsimile reprint of the 1915 original. .

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. 3rd Edition. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions and stamp to endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining overall. Boards… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1944. Black cloth on boards with yellow titles; just a couple of tiny marks and faint dusting of a little smudge. Edges: foxing; top-edge greyed. Eps: Geneology chart of the Chiang Family. Frontis: coloured art illustration of Chiang Family. Clean contents. Colour & b/w illustrations. Binding is VG albeit only slightly cocked. 305p… Read more about this item

New York: John Day Co.. Hardcover. 1953. 2nd Edition. 8vo 303pp . Very Good in Good DJ. B&W Illustrations Slight mildew spotting on black cloth binding The author is the well known "The Silent Traveller" .

John Day Company. Hardcover. Good. 1953 EDITION WITH A FULL DUST JACKET THAT HAS chips rips and cuts along the edges and some foxing and scuff marks but the picture remains clear to see. Precious pictures all through but still may have a slight aroma of having been stored. Economically priced for your needs.

Methuen, 1940T. hardcover. Good. **1st Edition** **HARDBACK** No stamps or inscriptions; clean condition 1940 Methuen; no dust jacket

London: Methuen & Co, 1944. DJ rubbed, tanned and chipped with heavy tearing to spine. Some light foxing to cloth and closed edges, central gutters a little strained, else clean and tidy.. Second Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

LONDON: METHUEN & CO. VG-. 1940. BOARDS LIGHTLY WORN AND FADED; PAGES ARE LIGHTLY FOXED .