| British Library: | 010358.p.19 |
| Curwen Press: | A40 |
| British Library: | 010358.p.19 |
| Curwen Press: | A40 |
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THE SILENT TRAVELLER IN WAR TIME [4 chinese characters, reading right to left, ='war time small account'] by CHIANG YEE LONDON COUNTRY LIFE
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[A]6 B-H8 I10; insert after [A]2.
[12] 1-4 [5-6] 7-22 [23-7] 28 [29-30] 31-8 [39-40] 41-6 [47-8] 49 [50] 51 [52] 53-8 [59-60] 61-70 [71-2] 73-6 [77-8] 79-104 [105-6] 107-18 [119-20] 121-31 [+1].
Demy 8o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed, white wove, no mark; 12(+2)pt. Baskerville; line block and halftone illustrations; colour halftone on insert; casing, pale grey cloth, blocked in black on spine: ‘THE SILENT TRAVELLER IN WAR TIME by CHIANG YEE [2 Chinese characters follow, reading downwards 'Chiang Yee'] COUNTRY LIFE’, and on upper cover near fore-edge: ‘[2 vertical lines of Chinese, the left as on spine, the right as on title-page but downwards]’.
Chiang Yee the author (b.1903, d.1977) graduated from Nanjing University, moved to England, and wrote and illustrated the Silent Traveller series of books.
The Chinese characters, right to left, mean 'war time small account'.
Curwen library copy lacks publisher's casing.
Robin Phillips, 1963