CHINA TO ME A Partial
Autobiography; (1935-41). Emily Hahn 1944 Blakiston (1st); HC no
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the 1944
hardcover book
CHINA TO ME
A Partial Autobiography
by Emily Hahn
Published by Blakiston,
Philadelphia, 1944
Apparent First Edition (no other, or later, printing information is present).
429 pages; the book measures about 6” x 8”.
Dark blue cloth hard cover. No dust
jacket.
Emily
Hahn, a correspondent for the New Yorker, arrived in Shanghai in 1935.
This candid, rollicking account of a female journalist in China from 1935 to 1941 during both the Communist revolution and the assault from the Japanese.
In Shanghai she taught English for three years and became involved with prominent figures such as Sir Victor Sassoon.
She lived in
an apartment in Shanghai's red light district and became romantically involved
with the Chinese poet and publisher Shao Xunmei who introduced her to smoking
opium, to which she became addicted.
She had her daughter out of wedlock and later left her daughter in Hong Kong with a friend.
She is considered an early feminist,
and this account was considered
scandalous at the time of its publication in 1944.
CONDITION
This 80 year old book is
complete and in ‘acceptable’ to good overall condition.
It is well-bound – no breaks at front or rear hinge.
The dust jacket is missing.
There is some soiling at inside front and back and scattered
about near pages edges.
Previous owners name on first blank sheet - no other markings;
no tears; pages are un-creased.
A nice reading copy of this ground-breaking book.
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