Edwards Evangeline D Ed (2 results)

Softbound. Condition: Fair. First Edition. A collection of 337 Chinese proverbs under categories such as Achievements, Ambition, Courage, Crime, Haste, Law, Luck, Nature, Stupidity, Vice, Virtue, etc. All proverbs in Chinese, Wade-Giles Romanization and translated English. Detailed index at rear. Staple bound in printed wraps; interior page edges a little chipped, several of which also have a 4 cm. split along the upper edges from the spine. Pages quite browned, but all text intact and remains clear and legible. A rare item, somewhat fragile, now protected in a Mylar folder. n.d. [1926]; 70 pp. Size: 22 x 15 cm. …

Shanghai, Kwang Hsüeh Publishing House, n.d. (ca. 1926), 70 pag., original printed wrappers- Two more proverbs are added in manuscript on blank verso of p.3. = Quite rare. Contains 357 Chinese proverbs in Mandarin, Wade-Giles(?) transcription and English translation.