Chinese Theatre

Square 4to. N.d. [c.1958]. Cream cloth boards with colour illustration affixed to upper board and gilt lettering to spine. Covers age-toned, but interior bright, clean and unmarked. In good only dust jacket, a little torn to spine (with some loss) and indented writing to lower panel. Includes three appendixes tucked in at rear (often missing), which fold out to show further illustrations. *** 44 stunning full-colour plates with c. 30 pages of introduction in English (translated by Iris Urwin). “It aims to present to the reader the fascinating and little-known world of the Chinese theatre.”