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BURKE, THOMAS (TRANSCRIBED BY) - The Song Book of Quong Lee of Limehouse

Title: The Song Book of Quong Lee of Limehouse
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The covers of the book have some ground-in dirt and toning / fading / darkening, especially the spine. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper and a shadow of an address label on the front pastedown page. From Wikipedia: Thomas Burke (29 November 1886 – 22 September 1945) was a British author. He was born in Eltham, London (back then still part of Kent). His first successful publication was Limehouse Nights (1916), a collection of stories centred on life in the poverty-stricken Limehouse district of London. Many of Burke's books feature the Chinese character Quong Lee as narrator."The Lamplit Hour", an incidental poem from Limehouse Nights, was set to music in the United States by Arthur Penn in 1919.[1] That same year, American film director D. W. Griffith used another tale from the collection, "The Chink and the Child" as the basis of his screenplay for the movie Broken Blossoms.". Very Good+ .

Keywords: Poetry Thomas Burke QUong Lee Britain London poetry

Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 30634

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