Beautifully Illustrated Chinese Shop Signs

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Author: Crane, Louise

Title: China in Sign and Symbol

Place Published: Shanghai

Publisher:Kelly and Walsh, Ltd.

Date Published: 1926

Description:
xx, 227 pp. Illustrated with 34 color plates (a couple folding) illustrating 102 shop signs, and with decorations by Kent Crane. 28.5x21.5 cm (11¼x8½") gilt-lettered white buckram, decorative stamped crane symbol to front cover. First Edition.

A beautifully illustrated book of signs and symbols identifying Chinese shops, from food to traditional medicine, paper, clothes and services. Some b&w photographs also illustrate storefronts of the era. Gift inscription dated 1947 on half-title verso.