DELLA-WU CHINESE COURTEZAN AND OTHER ORIENTAL LOVE TALES. New York: The Lantern Press, 1931. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-313 [314: blank], original pictorial yellow cloth, front and spine panels stamped in purple, top edge stained purple, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition. A collection of eleven Oriental tales, several first published in WEIRD TALES and ORIENTAL STORIES. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 142. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-278. Bleiler (1978), p. 152. Reginald 11073. A fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with shelf wear with slight loss at head of spine panel and corner tips, 20x32 mm v-chip from tail of spine panel, and age-darkening to rear panel. A fairly nice example of the uncommon jacket. (#95544).
Price: $250.00
First edition so stated on copyright page.