My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard
Cooper, Elizabeth
| Publication Date | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Frederick A Stokes Company, |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Condition | Very good copy |
| SKU | 26781 |
| Notes | Hint of softening to points. Very clean. Binding is sound. |
Description
Hardback. First edition. Epistolary novel, a sequel to Love Letters of a Chinese Lady. Lavishly illustrated by photographs mainly by Scottish photographer Donald Mennie with a frontis and 15 double-sided plates, totalling 31 illustrations. Bound in brown cloth with gilt title to front and spine a photographic paste-down to the front. This is the first known work of Donald Mennie, he didn’t published books under his own name until 1920. Mennie (1875-1944) lived and worked in China as a businessman. He died in Shanghi, possibly in Lunghwa Camp as an internee.
