Intimate China. The Chinese as I have seen them
London: Hutchinson & Co.; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Compy. 1899. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 615, [1]; 120 text illustrations; full gilt decorated red cloth, partially unopened, t.e.g.; edges rubbed and sunned, corners bumped, spine cocked, hinges cracked textblock clean save one page with pencil in the margins, owner's signature on free endpaper, good. Alicia Little or Mrs. Archibald Little was a writer and a British campaigner for women's rights and later against foot binding in China. Here she makes observation on a broad range of topics, from foot binding and the position of women, to the behavior of Chinese towards her as a foreign woman, to superstitions, fellow Western aliens, and the affairs of the imperial government. Item #72984
Price: $300.00
