Reprint. 454pp, colour plate frontispiece and 31 further colour plate illustrations, all by Chinese artists. Green publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine, blind embossed decoration on upper panel. 8vo. Cloth a little rounded and pushed at spine ends and corners, some mild marks and compression ripples. Bookplate of the City of Salford Royal Museum and Library on front paste down else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
A very attractive vintage volume with glorious colour plate illustrations. Includes initial chapters discussing the cultural context of Chinese myths and legends and as well as their development, followed by retellings of the legends themselves.
