The Pawnshop in China; Based on Yang Chao-yu, Chung-kuo tien-tang yeh [The Chinese pawnbroking industry], with a historical introduction and critical annotations by Whelan, T. S - 1979

Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan, 1979. Paperback. 81p., illustrated with floorplan and traditional organizational chart of typical establishment, has an appended glossary with characters. Softbound, 9x5.5 inch decorated wraps, externally a little edgeworn with irregular sunning, internally find an owner's presentation inscription, an otherwise clean sound copy. Michigan abstracts of Chinese and Japanese works on Chinese history, no. 6. Originally published in Chinese, Shanghai 1929.