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Shen of the Sea
by Chrisman, Arthur Bowie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Twenty-second printing.. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. Twenty-second printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Lovely, clean later printing of the first edition in clean original unclipped dust jacket. Red cloth boards with black lettering and illustration of children flying a kite on cover, black lettering and small decoration on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with over fifty silhouettes by Else Hasselris. 252 pages. Clean illustrated dust jacket is not price clipped, has small shallow chips at upper edge of rear panel (under 1/8"), slight wear at upper spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Awarded the Newbery Medal on October 4, 1926. A series of fascinating Chinese stories in which the author has caught admirably the spirit of Chinese life and thought..
Synopsis
Shen of the Sea is a collection of short stories by Arthur Bowie Chrisman that won the Newbery Medal in 1926. Chrisman's original stories are written in the style of humorous Chinese folk tales. The title story tells of a king who tries to match wits with the demons of the water in order to save his city from a flood. Other tales relate the origin of chopsticks, and an instance when mud pies are revealed to be the origin of fine China.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026885
- Title
- Shen of the Sea
- Author
- Chrisman, Arthur Bowie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Twenty-second printing.
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S, CHINESE CULTURE, STORIES, JUVENILE SHORT CHINA, ARTHUR BOWIE CHRISMAN, NEWBERY MEDAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- China; Children's;
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