arnold julean comp (1 Ergebnisse)

First edition, first printing, compiled by the US Chamber of Commerce's commercial attache in Shanghai. In his view, strengthened trade relationships between America and China could counteract the adverse effects of the Great Depression. Sections present a wealth of statistical information alongside attractive vignettes and bilingual text. Julean Herbert Arnold (1875-1946) served the American business community in China for several decades and was an authority on the country. In 1926, he published a 20-page pamphlet, Salient Facts About China, which formed the basis of this more extensive work. No less a personage than Hu Shih wrote the preface to Arnold's Some Bigger Issues in China's Problems (1928). Octavo. Maps, diagrams, and vignettes in text. Text in English and Chinese. Original red cloth over printed wrappers, covers with window frames lined with printed glassine. Ownership signature of the American doctor B. R. Corbus on front free endpaper verso. Spine ends worn, inner edges of delicate window frames creased. A very good copy.