1943 The Dragon Book Compiled and Edited by E. D. Edwards Signed Later Edition

William Hodge & Company : London. Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper. This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed. Signed by the author to the front endpaper dated 1944. With chapters on lore, poetry, the tree of knowledges, stories, flowers and gardens, medicine, and more.

Compiled and edited by Evangeline Dora Edwards, known as Eve D. Edwards, an English scholar who taught Chinese language and Chinese literature at SOAS, University of London, and was head of the Department of the Far East. She was the third Professor of Chinese at SOAS and the first female professor of Chinese anywhere in the Western world. In the original red cloth binding.

Externally, smart with minor bumping to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor fading to the spine. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities resulting in light loss to the head of the spine and panel edges.

Sunning to the spine and panels with the odd mark. Closed tears to the panel edges. Author's contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper.

Overall Condition: Very Good Good. Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear. Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy. Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones.

Often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy. Some more serious faults as will.

Be described in the condition report under'condition. Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair. As with good only above but with other faults. Leaving a compromised copy even after repair. Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.

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