Author: BARRETT, David Dean.
Title: A Primer in the Writing of Chinese Characters: Second Edition, Revised.
Description: Shanghai, Kelly and Walsh, Limited. 1936. 8vo. original black cloth, printed paper label to upper board, spine lettered gilt. 98pp. A very nice, clean tight copy. Best edition. Ernest Wignall's name neatly to endpaper. First edition published in Tientsin in 1934. In the preface it is mentioned that Dr. Ingram, to whom the author was indebted for etymological explanations, was murdered by bandits in the Western Hills near Peking! .

Keywords: China|Featured|Alphabets and Scripts


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