China.- The Shop Signs of Peking, one of 100 unnumbered copies, preface by H.K. Fung, 101 fine hand-coloured illustrations on 18 leaves, text in English and Chinese, loosely inserted article on 'Shanghai Pawnshops' from the Peking Chronicle 12th January 1933, and another titled 'The First parliament of Bombay Bay in High Debate' reprinted from Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Dublin 1786, in an edition of 100 copies, 1987, original cloth-backed patterned paper boards with silk corners and paper label on upper cover, fastened with cord in oriental style, extremities a little rubbed, a few small patches of discolouration to upper cover, oblong folio, Beijing, Chinese Painting Association of Peking, 1931.*** These finely coloured illustrations depict the diverse range of signs used in Beijing to represent different types of shops, including pawn shops, apothecaries, bakers, goldsmiths and public baths, among others. Fung notes that, 'eventually', with increasing levels of literacy, 'they will become nothing but relics of the ancient Chinese Customs'.