Heading: (China - U.S. Marine Yearbook)
Author: Rogard, Corporal Bernard S., editor
Title: Annual: Fourth Marines, 1933-1934
Place Published: Shanghai, China
Publisher:
Date Published: [1934]
Description:

Profusely illustrated from photographs, plus paintings and drawings by V. Tretchikoff. 12¼x9¼, pictorial cloth lettered in gilt.

Scarce yearbook for the 4th regiment of U.S. Marines stationed in Shanghai, China, in the 1930's, with photographs of the soldiers, their athletic contests, etc., and numerous advertisements for local establishments. Accompanied by a booklet describing the arms and equipment, and use, issued to the regiment. OCLC locates no copies.

The drawings and paintings illustrating the book are the work of V. Tretchikoff. He was born on Petropavl, Russia. After the Revolution his family moved to Shanghai where Tretchikoff worked as an art director and illustrator for Mercury Press, an American-owned advertising and publishing company. At the same time, he contributed cartoons to local Russian and English-language magazines. Later his family moved to South Africa where Trechikoff became famous as an artist. The most expensive Tretchikoff painting sold at aucion to date is "Chinese Girl," which went for nearly £1,000,000 at Bonhams, London in March 2013. The previous record was "Red Jacket," which fetched £337,250 in October 2012, also at Bonhams.

Some extremity rubbing, a tear to one page, very good.