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HSIUNG, S.I.: Lady Precious Stream. An Old Chinese Play done into English according to its traditional style. Preface by Lascelles Abercrombie.
Methuen & Co. London. 1934 1st edition.
In black cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. 169pp.3 col.& mount.plates (mounted on dark grey patterned paper) by HSU PEI-HUNG, and 12 full-pg.b/w ills. by CHIANG YEE. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; rubbed around edges with small tears and chips. Slightly faded with small marks) Not price clipped. Corners slightly bumped. Mild foxing to edges. Occasional foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. This is in every respect an authentic play written and performed in the Chinese manner with the delightful conventions of the ancient institution. This beautiful romantic drama of love, fidelity, treachery and poetry is a colourful fantasy that appeals to all theatre goers. It tells, in varied scenes, of the devotion of a wife for her adventurous husband, of his prowess as a warrior and his ultimate return.
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22.00 GBP
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