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New York: John Day, 1952. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. xii, 303. Color frontis. illustration. Illustrated with a few full color plates; line drawings throughout. Endpaper family tree. Bound in black cloth with Chinese characters stamped in gilt on the front board, gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve. First American edition following the British. The author of the Silent Traveller travel book series wrote this account of his childhood in Kiu-kiang while living in 1930s Oxford. Recently a blue plaque has been mounted there in his honor.
Yebbin. A Guest from the Wild by Yee, Chiang, 'The Silent Traveller' - 1947
by Yee, Chiang, 'The Silent Traveller'
Yebbin. A Guest from the Wild
by Yee, Chiang, 'The Silent Traveller'
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London: Methuen & Co Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. 1947. First Edition. Beige hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). 143pp + plates. 4 colour plates. .
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- Book Condition Used - G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked
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- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Methuen & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1947
- Keywords Wild Animals
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A Chinese Childhood
by CHIANG Yee (The Silent Traveller)
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- First American Edition
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The Silent Traveller In Lakeland
by Yee, Chiang [The Silent Traveller]
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- G++ DW
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- Hardcover
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GB: Methuen, 1946. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Front endpaper browned. DW has some internal repair and minor loss. . Reprint. Hardback. VG+/G++ DW.
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