CHINESE FAIRY TALES AND FOLK TALES. by EBERHARD, Wolfram

London 1937, Kegan. Yellow cloth, very good, 304p., notes, a bit of foxing, else clean. FIRST EDITION S C A R C E Containing some 60 fairy tales, 76 legends, myths, jokes and anecdotes. A charming look into China's past via these old and readable works. * Great recreational reading! Recorded in the field from vernacular literature. * Translated from the German by Desmond Parsons. * PRIVATE LIBRARY BOOKPLATE: This copy has the Bill Powell bookplate. He and his father, John B.. Powell were the editors of the Shanghai-based periodical: "The China Weekly Review." Bill Powell was later tried for sedition upon his return to the U.S. for publishing allegations of U.S. germ warfare during the Korean War. Title page stamped: "THE CHINA WEEKLY REVIEW." * .