McCormick Unexpurgated Diary Shanghai First Edition
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Elsie McCormick, The Unexpurgated Diary of a Shanghai Baby
ca.1922, First Edition. Fair. No Dust Jacket A very scarce copy of the undated first edition. Circa 1923 or 1924 but information is sketchy. Binding is broken at hinge just before title page where the lower half of the stitching has loosened. Binding is otherwise sound. Pages with aging and light smudging and foxing overall. Significant staining and spotting to front endpapers. Name of previous owner here as well in pencil. Red cover with gold test and decorations, age darkened and worn but intact. Scuffs, small dents and chips to edges (Please see image). Written as the diary of a one-year-old baby in an American expatriate household in Shanghai in the early 1920s. The world of old Shanghai reflected here through the eyes of the baby. Elsie McCormick was an American resident of Shanghai. 99 pages.
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ca.1922, First Edition. Fair. No Dust Jacket A very scarce copy of the undated first edition. Circa 1923 or 1924 but information is sketchy. Binding is broken at hinge just before title page where the lower half of the stitching has loosened. Binding is otherwise sound. Pages with aging and light smudging and foxing overall. Significant staining and spotting to front endpapers. Name of previous owner here as well in pencil. Red cover with gold test and decorations, age darkened and worn but intact. Scuffs, small dents and chips to edges (Please see image). Written as the diary of a one-year-old baby in an American expatriate household in Shanghai in the early 1920s. The world of old Shanghai reflected here through the eyes of the baby. Elsie McCormick was an American resident of Shanghai. 99 pages.
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McCormick Unexpurgated Diary Shanghai First Edition
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