Author: Starrett, Vincent
Title: Oriental Encounters; Two Essays in Bad Taste
Description: Chicago, Normandie house, 1938. 4 p.l. 11-45, [1] p. 25 cm. One of 249 copies printed by the Black Cat Press, signed by the author, and dedicated to the 31 editors who declined to publish these two essays, one of which is on Chinese eunuchs and the other on "honeycarts' used for waste removal. Very good condition, spine lightly faded Signed by the author for Ted Mecke. Laid in is a photograph of "the two oldest eunuchs at Kang T'ieh Mu.

Keywords: China -- Social Life and Customs; Press Books; Black Cat Press; Autographed Books


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