Lo hoa Kai-tso thong-it su-han-bun / 羅華改造統一書翰文 [Amoy lesson book]

Shanghai: Commercial Press, Limited, 1925. 8vo, pp. [6], 513, [1], 6, 4, [2]; text in latinized Amoy and hanzi; full green cloth gilt title on spine; title page creased and a little rubbed, near fine. A lesson book with example texts, sentences and some definitions, all in Chinese, for the Amoy (Xiamen) topolect. This appears to be part of the movement to introduced a romanized system for Chinese topolects. NYPL, University of Washington, and Kunliga Biblioteket only in OCLC. Item #64621

Price: $250.00