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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Sapajou (illustrator).

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Zustand: New. In English. Sapajou (illustrator).

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 246 pages. 7.80x5.10x1.10 inches. In Stock. Sapajou (illustrator).

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 162 pages. 8.27x0.35x11.69 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Sapajou (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The poet laureate of the China Treaty Ports, Shamus A'Rabbitt caused a sensation in the 1930s with his 'Ballads' books, which mocked the world of foreigners in the Orient. His poetic portrayals were sharp, accurate and hilarious. With bouncy, limerickesque rhythms, razor-sharp satirical wit and a healthy distaste for hypocrisy and pretension, Shamus A'Rabbitt's work today gives the reader a perfect whirlwind tour of the world of Old China. Sapajou (illustrator).…

Zustand: New. KlappentextThe poet laureate of the China Treaty Ports, Shamus A Rabbitt caused a sensation in the 1930s with his Ballads books, which mocked the world of foreigners in the Orient. His poetic portrayals were sharp, accurate and hila. Sapajou (illustrator).

Bound. Zustand: Good. This is a xeroxed boundcopy of Shanghai's Schemozzle taken from the August to Septamber editions published in the North China Daily News. The cartoons and text illustrate a sarcastic and cynical view of the Japanese invasion. Sapajou was the artistic nom-de-plume of Georgii Avksentievich Sapojnikoff, a former lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Army. In the early 1920s, like so many of his compatriots, he came to Shanghai and joined the North China Daily News as a cartoonist in 1925. His drawings were published daily by the paper for fifteen years. Approximately 60 pages. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Royal octavo, pp 125. Bound in red cloth covered boards over tan cloth coloured spine, black lettering to the spine. Illustrated throughout by Sapajou, the pen name of Georgii Sapojnikoff, White Russian cartoonist who worked for North China Daily-News & Herald from around 1925 until WW2. With endpaper maps of 'The Fair Pacific' also in a cartoon style by Sapajou. The book contains short verse on an eastern theme, with titles such as 'Dancing Princesses of Hongkong', 'Fairwell to our Steamer' and 'Innocents in the East'. Sapajou's illustrations are in the margins of most pages, with a few being full page. Shamus A'Rabbitt was the pseudonym of James Aloysius Rabbitt, a Shanghai resident American engineer; he also published Ballads of the East the previous year. Book plate of George and Olga Crow (he was Carl Crow's nephew) and with Olga Crow's signature above dated 1939. Internally clean, no foxing or spotting; there are several old worm holes to the edges of the spine, binding tight and square. VG- condition.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Good hardback copy in good dustjacket. xxxvii, 279 pp, illustrated throughout Size: 30x21cms. Book.

First edition. Numerous illustrations in the text. 8vo. Original cloth, a very good copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title. Decorated endpapers. [iv], 84pp. Shanghai, A. R. Hager, A book of humorous verses illustrated by the famous caricaturist White Russian emigre Georgi Sapojnikoff (dates unknown) who was better known as 'Sapajou' and was a regular contributor to the North China Daily News and the North China Herald. Shamus A'Rabbitt was the pseudonym of James Aloysius Rabbitt, an American engineer who spent much of the 20s and 30s living in China.…

First edition thus of these satirical takes on the unfolding Sino-Japanese War, first published in the North-China Daily News in August and September 1937. Sapajou, the pen name of the Russian émigré Georgii Avksent'ievich Sapojnikoff, was the paper's long-serving cartoonist and a household name in Shanghai. His cartoons are supported by extracts from "In Parenthesis," a humorous column written by the editor, R. T. Peyton-Griffin. Quarto. Illustrations throughout. Original buff card wrappers, tied with brown silk ribbon as issued, front cover lettered in black and with cartoon. Contemporary gift inscription on title page. Wrappers creased and nicked, old stains, signs of handling and occasional foxing internally: very good.…

First edition. Photographic frontispiece, 1 photographic plate, and 14maps (7 folding). 8vo. Original green cloth in decorated dust-jacket (minor tears). Overall a close to fine copy. 114pp. Shanghai, North China Daily News & Herald,  A walk in the country is a quintessential pastime for an Englishman and this guidebook gives suggestions for eleven walks in the countryside around Shanghai. The dust-jacket is illustrated by the famous caricaturist Russian emigre Georgi Sapojnikoff (dates unknown) who was better known as 'Sapajou' and a regular contributor to the North China Daily News and the North China Herald. Uncommon.…