THE CHINESE THEATER

LIMITED EDITION No. 155 of 750 copies. Large 8vo. yellow ribbed cloth hardback with decorative black and gilt titles to spine and upper board, in original (damaged) red paper-bound slipcase with numbered title label to spine. 234pp., Indexed, illustrated with 4 original colour paintings (by students of the Peking School of Fine Arts) on silk and pasted in, with captioned tissue-guards, and 17 b/w plates. Bookplate of illustrator Muriel Mattocks to front pastedown. Some rubbing to decorative title and mottling to yellow cloth of spine (please see photo) and a small bump to lower corner of lower board. Top panel of slipcase missing and paper covering somewhat faded and lightly soiled. A Good+ Copy in Fair (and rare) slipcase.