Shanghai: Presbyterian Mission Press, 1926. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original brown cloth with black title on the front and on the spine. Slight edgewear and some fading along the top on the front cover. The endpapers are browned with a tear at the hinge. Some of that acid has migrated to the title page so it looks some soiled. Now protected in a clear, mylar sleeve. Text in English and Chinese, a fine compendium of over 3500 proverbs. SCARCE ! Pages 381 plus two errata pages and index..

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Bookseller: Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 078458
Title: A Collection of Chinese Proverbs
Author: Scarborough, W. and C. Wilfrid Allan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Presbyterian Mission Press
Place of Publication: Shanghai
Date Published: 1926
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: China, China proverbs
Bookseller catalogs: China;

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