[ALLIED FORCES]. OO, Monglou L.   Simple Chinese specially compiled for the use of Allied Forces in China. Kweilin: n.p., 1943.  

Oblong 8vo. Printed on accordion-folded rice paper. Original wrappers (spine repaired).  

Presumed first edition, dedicated to Major General C. L. Chennault, and including a reproduction of a letter from Chennault to Colonel M. E. Chiang in which Chennault agrees that the book can be dedicated to him at Professor Oo's request. Major General Clair Chennault led the Flying Tigers and the U. S. 14th Air Force against the Japanese in China and Burma during WWII. The work, not an official U. S. Government publication, was written by Monglou L. Oo, a professor in Guilin, who wanted to do something to be of help to the Americans and Allied Forces. RARE.    


Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota