Grace Thompson Seton - Chinese Lanterns - 1924
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Chinese Lanterns is a first edition hardback memoir by Grace Thompson Seton, published in 1924 by Dodd, Mead and Company, in English, with 373 pages.
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A very RARE and beautiful and interesting book.. " Chinese Lanterns" written by Grace Thompson Seton. Illustrated title in red & black, photo frontisp., numerous photo plates & illustrations. Pictorial gold publisher's cloth, cover art illust. of Chinese doorways, bedecked in Chinese Lanterns in red & blue, lantern on spine, blue lettering (minor shelfwear, light rubbing, spine a little sunned), still VG bright copy. FIRST 1924 edition of this excellent memoir of the author's travels through China following the Chinese revolution, the civil war aftermath, and her experiences with women of varying social strata as China underwent tremendous social, political, and economic change. Thompson-Seton (1872-1959) was a noted hunter, author, and suffragette, founded the Camp Fire Girls (Girl Pioneers) with her then-husband Ernest Thompson-Seton, and was noted for her active promotion of women's emancipation and women authors.
Inside overall clean and complete.
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A very RARE and beautiful and interesting book.. " Chinese Lanterns" written by Grace Thompson Seton. Illustrated title in red & black, photo frontisp., numerous photo plates & illustrations. Pictorial gold publisher's cloth, cover art illust. of Chinese doorways, bedecked in Chinese Lanterns in red & blue, lantern on spine, blue lettering (minor shelfwear, light rubbing, spine a little sunned), still VG bright copy. FIRST 1924 edition of this excellent memoir of the author's travels through China following the Chinese revolution, the civil war aftermath, and her experiences with women of varying social strata as China underwent tremendous social, political, and economic change. Thompson-Seton (1872-1959) was a noted hunter, author, and suffragette, founded the Camp Fire Girls (Girl Pioneers) with her then-husband Ernest Thompson-Seton, and was noted for her active promotion of women's emancipation and women authors.
Inside overall clean and complete.
Scarce
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
China, Photography, Travels
Book title
Chinese Lanterns
Author/ Illustrator
Grace Thompson Seton
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1924
Height
22 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
15 cm
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Dodd, Mead and Company
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
373
