1942 Yb

Copies examined

Curwen Press: B29

Copies located

British Library: X8/2742
British Library: 010055.b.52

Title page

[A]2r

CHINA | BUT NOT CATHAY | BY | HSIAO CH'IEN | LONDON | [double rule] | THE PILOT PRESS

Imprint

[A]2v

Collation

[A]8 B-D8 F(sic)8 [F] G-I8; in other words section E has been mis-numbered F.

Pagination

[i-iv] v-viii,1-2 [3] 4 [5-6] 7-10 [11-2] 13 [14-5] 16 [17] 18 [19] 20-1 [22] 23-4 [25] 26-8 [29] 30 [31] 32 [33-4] 35-6 [37-8] 39 [40] 41-3 [44] 45-6 [47-8] 49 [50] 51 [52] 53 [54-7] 58 [59] 60 [61] 62 [63] 64 [65] 66 [67] 68 [69-70] 71-2 [73-4] 75 [76] 77 [78-81] 82-3 [84] 85-6 [87] 88-9 [90] 91-4 [95] 96-7 [98] 99-103 [104] 105-6 [107-8] 109 [110] 111-2 [113-4] 115-6 [117-8] 119-35 [+1].

Technical description

Demy 8o: 8½" × 5¼", trimmed, white loaded paper; 11(+1)pt. Baskerville; halftone illustrations throughout; casing, green paper; printed dust-jacket.

Note

The transliteration of the author's name is nowadays 'Xiao Qian'. He was a famous essayist, editor, journalist and translator.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 21/Nov/2017