"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
On a Chinese Screen.
New York: George H. Doran Company, ca.1930s. [Travel literature] REISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.237 [3]. Publisher's black cloth binding blocked in red, top edge red, typographic red dust-wrapper priced at $1.50. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket with a few minor chips, sunned to spine. Maugham's original 1922 work consisted of brief sketches of the diverse people of China. This attractive vintage reissue dates from the 30's, noting the books Cakes & Ale (1930) and The Narrow Corner (1932) on the wrapper. Item #75164
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