The Chinese drama from the earliest times until to-day - a panoramic study of the art in China, tracing its origin and describing its actors (in both male and female rôles) their costumes and make-up, superstitions and stage slang the accompanying music and musical instruments concluding with synopses of thirty Chinese plays
- Författare
- Kelly & Walsh H. A. Giles Mei Lan-fang L. C. (Lewis Charles) Arlington
- (L.C. Arlington, commissioner of Chinese Postal Service (retired) with a pien by Mei Lan-fang and a foreword by H.A. Giles, LL. D. containing one hundred and fifteen full page plates in colour., Colophon: "This edition is limited to 750 copies, each being signed by the author ... The whole of the work was executed by Chinese artists and artisans, under foreign technical supervisors, at the press of Kelly and Walsh, Limited, Shanghai, China. The illustrations were reproduced through the medium of stone lithography; the letter-press is set in Linotype Granjon series; the paper is Croxley De Luxe wove, made by Messrs. John Dickinson and Co., Ltd., London.", "First edition (autographed) 1930"--Title page verso, Includes bibliographical references (page xli).)
- Genre
- Authors' autographs., Bibliografi, History, Ej skönlitteratur
- Språk
- Engelska
| Förlag | År | Ort | Om boken | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly and Walsh, Limited, Printed at the press of Kelly and Walsh | 1930 | Kina, Shanghai, Shanghai | [8],xi,[1],xiii-xix,[3],xxiii-xxxi, [3],3-180, xxxv-xxvii,[3],xli, [1] sidor.,115 pl. sidor. ill. (vissa färg), plancher 29 cm. |