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[Shanghai 1938?, Schiff]. Red silk accordion folded album, 21 hand colored charming sketches, 19.5 x 27 cm., mild stain on the first two pages and at the center on all other pages. FIRST & ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR *** *** *** . . A GREAT CARAIATURE OF SHANGHAI LIEF IN THE LATE 1930'S . . . DEPICTING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN . . . FOREIGNERS, CHINESE DANCE HALL GIRLS & PROSTITUTES . . *** WHO WAS THE ARTIST & AUTHOR FRIEDRICH H. SCHIFF [1908-1968]: Schiff was an Austrian-Jewish artist. He was a keen observer of the Chinese spirit, showing the more fascinating visual insights to Shanghai life., living there 1930-1947. . Schiff arrived from Austria in Shanghai in 1930 when he was 22 years old, and lived there until 1947. His charming cartoons captured the foreign community's interest and many were also published in local newspapers and journals such as the China Journal & the North China Daily News. . He also illustrated several books on China, a suite of… Read More

N.P. [Shanghai?]: N.P. [The Yellow Hall?], n.d. [ca. 1940?]. Illustrated by Title and 20 hand colored pages (30 separate illustrations, 13 captioned). Limited signed edition. "Of this book only a limited and numbered edition has been printed. Each book is hand-colored and signed by the Artist. This is book number 517." . Gold silk bamboo brocade, accordion fold (or concertina or zigzag fold) housed in a custom box by KTB of Old Working Books & Bindery of acid free Hewit cloth and calf lined with gold/multi color oriental floral paper and Japanese tissue. Hand-dyed looped silk ribbon by Ramune Jauniskis (Boston) and Chinese coin closure on both boards which tie into a bow with no loose ends. 4to (27x19.5cm). pp. 22 double leaves . Very Good/No jacket, as issued/As New. Edge toning to some cartoons, colors still brilliant, several foxed spots to pages, light rubbing to fabric folds. An "oh mosaic" of 'Shanghailander' life observed by Jewish-Austrian cartoonist who… Read More