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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze [Yangzijiang shang you de Xiaofuzi] [A City Set on a Hill; Service at the Point of a Rifle; For Sale: Dragon's Breath, Cheap; Tilting with Fire; A Footstool for Bandits; A River on the Rampage; A Use for Curiosity; etc]
by Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman, 1892-1958 ; Wiese, Kurt, 1887- , illus
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
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Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Chicago : Cadmus Books ; E. M. Hale and Company, 1932., 1932. Fair. v, 265 pp. : illustrated ; 21 cm. ; OCLC: 7412159 ; ex-library, stamps, date due, tape-reinforced spine and corners ; text in English ; Summary: In the 1920's a Chinese youth from the country comes to Chungking with his mother where the bustling cit y offers adventure and his apprenticeship to a coppersmith ; "This special edition is published by arrangement with the publisher of the regular edition, The John C. Winston Company." ; this is an intelligently illustrated edition with pictures (fou r in color) by Kurt Wiese ; the illustrations are full of details and unlike many texts from the period dealing with Chinese culture, the writing and cultural artifacts depicted are true-to-life ; includes a glossary of Chinese words, and chapter no tes about China's geography, people and customs ; wear and foxing ; red cloth with gold/yellow lettering and picture ; won the Newbery Medal ; both Lewis and Wiese lived and worked in China for a number of years and here draw on their experiences to paint a realistic portrait of China ; FAIR
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- Joseph Valles - Books
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- Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze [Yangzijiang shang you de Xiaofuzi] [A City Set on a Hill; Service at the Point of a Rifle; For Sale: Dragon's Breath, Cheap; Tilting with Fire; A Footstool for Bandits; A River on the Rampage; A Use for Curiosity; etc]
- Author
- Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman, 1892-1958 ; Wiese, Kurt, 1887- , illus
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chicago : Cadmus Books ; E. M. Hale and Company, 1932.
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- chinese youth juvenile juvenilia chungking chungqing coppersmiths metalwork hochow kewichow szechuan sichuan tuto yunnan yangtze jiang river coinage streets superstitions footbinding beggars bandits floods customs time Newbery Medal award affair anvil app
- Bookseller catalogs
- Catalog 61 - China;
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Books graded conservatively with prominent defects mentioned.
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