Karns maurine (20 risultati)

Condizione: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condizione: New. Shanghai: High Lights, Low Lights, Tael Lights. Book.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Hardback. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. xiii, 99p., cloth-covered boards, illus. with line drawings, very good condition in like dj. Originally published in 1936. Dj subtitle: "Take a trip back to Old Shanghai with this outrageous 1936 guide to the Paris of the East.".

Condizione: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 99 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

PF. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used; Very Good. ***Simply Brit*** Welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New. &Uumlber den AutorMaurine Karns was a writer and inhabitant of Shanghai during the 1930s. Pat Patterson was a Canadian pilot who represented all the major U.S. aircraft manufacturers in China in the 1930s.Klappentext.

Hardback. Condizione: New.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 130.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 130 Reprint edition.

Condizione: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 130.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. First (and only) edition. Small octavo, 13.5cm x 19cm, pp 52. Illustrated with photographs and several small cartoons in the style of Schiff or Sapajou (though no credit noted), endpaper maps of the city also in a cartoon pictorial style and uncredited. Bound in black and white paper covered hard boards, string bound Chinese style. This is a most unconventional guidebook, for it does cover the usually found topics of city geography, shopping, eating out etc, but focuses heavily on Shanghai nightlife, one of the four chapters in this book is titled "The Fleshpots". There is a tear with loss (triangular piece at largest 5cm x 2cm) in the blank border only, at the top of the title page where is appears a sticker on the verso was removed, and the book has been recently restrung, otherwise clean and unmarked, boards have just a little gentle rubbing at extremities. Grades Very Good. An elusive and desirable book with much on Shanghai's steamy nightlife. …

First edition, first printing, rare in commerce, of perhaps the most memorable of all guides to interwar Shanghai. "The treatment of the subject is also somewhat of an innovation. Most people approach the writing of such a work with either pompous authority, eerie mystery, or devil-may-care Halliburtonishness. We have done none of these silly things" (p. i). The authors strike a refreshing contrast. As they note in their preface, titled "an explanation but not an apology", "Shanghai has been written about by all sorts of people, and in all sorts of veins. By people who knew all about it, by others who thought they knew all about it and by people who knew they didn't know anything about it but took a chance anyway. We, the collaborating undersigned, are pioneers of a New Group. We know very little about it, but know a lot about that very little" (ibid.). This approach is manifested in their gentle satirizing of some of the many clichés of the China guidebook genre: "the feminine writer of an extremely entertaining book entitled 'Audacious Angles on China' [Elsie McCormick] states that 'in Shanghai a person may enter practically any restaurant or cafe and merely inscribe his name and address on a slip paper' in settlement of the account. Either this learned lady was in Shanghai prior to the depression or we'd like to get a list of the cabarets and cafes she visited for future reference" (p. 12). Before moving to Hong Kong, Allan "Pat" Patterson (c.1900-1991) was Canadian businessman who represented Western aircraft manufacturers in China, selling planes to the country's various warlords and regional governments. A keen flier and a friend of Chiang Kai-Shek and Claire Chennault, he was one of the first two people to be issued a pilot's license in China and was also the country's first recorded skywriter, writing the character for "long life" in the sky on the occasion of Chiang's 50th birthday. Information on his co-author is, unfortunately, elusive. The illustrator, V. Edward "Eddie" Smith, worked for the China National Aviation Corporation in the 1930s, flying the route between Shanghai and Hankou. Octavo. Illustrations throughout, some by V. Edward Smith. Original black boards, recently renewed white thread xianzhuang stitching, front cover lettered and illustrated in off-white, purple map endpapers. Mid-century blue pencil ownership inscription of one M. C. Baxter on title page. Boards clean with rubbing to extremities, small indentation on rear cover, light toning and scuffing internally. A very good copy.…