The Importance of Living by Yutang, Lin - 1937

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1937. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/poor. 459 pages with index. A Oriental perception of life, with vivid and comic passages. Black cloth binding with red oriental symbols on front cover and red title block with gilt titles on spine. Some spotting of cover, edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, gilt a little faded, end papers stained and tanned, small holes in back end papers at hinge, interior tanned with stain at bottom leading corners, back hinge a little weak, binding otherwise tight. Illustrated dust jacket with blue and black titles is in pieces, tattered with large pieces missing, laid inside book, not clipped.