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Description
A pair of vintage hardcover octavo volumes with original dust jackets from the library of R. C. Fellows. The first volume is The Story of Oriental Philosophy by L. Adams Beck, published by The New Home Library in 1942. This edition is a reprint of the 1928 copyright and is bound in publisher’s green cloth with a red-stained top edge. The front endpaper bears the handwritten ownership signature of R. C. Fellows, dated July 18, 1945. The second volume is China to Me: A Partial Autobiography by Emily Hahn, published by Blakiston in 1944 (copyright MCMXLIV). This volume contains a pictorial ex-libris bookplate for the Library of R. C. Fellows, depicting a man reading beneath a tree, and an ownership signature dated May 14, 1945. Both volumes were printed at the Country Life Press in Garden City, N. Y.
Height: 8 1/4 inches.
Both volumes exhibit shelf wear and tanning to the pages consistent with age. The Story of Oriental Philosophy shows significant water staining on the inner endpapers and the margins of the initial leaves. The dust jacket for this volume has moderate rubbing and edge wear. The dust jacket for China to Me is in fair condition, with substantial chipping and loss at the head of the spine and along the top edge of the front panel, along with general rubbing and small edge tears.
Condition report:
Both volumes exhibit shelf wear and tanning to the pages consistent with age. The Story of Oriental Philosophy shows significant water staining on the inner endpapers and the margins of the initial leaves. The dust jacket for this volume has moderate rubbing and edge wear. The dust jacket for China to Me is in fair condition, with substantial chipping and loss at the head of the spine and along the top edge of the front panel, along with general rubbing and small edge tears.
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