Moment in Peking: A Novel of Contemporary Chinese Life

New York: The John Day Company, 1939. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); orange cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in black and gilt on spine; maroon topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 815pp; illus. Modest shelf-wear and soil, with light indentation to upper front board, and light rubbing to board edges; Good. Dustwrapper has modest shelf-wear, 1" chip to base of spine, tiny chips and creases to extremities, and foxing to verso of spine panel; Good. Yutang's novel explores forty years of contemporary China, focusing on conflict and love within an upper middle-class family. Text includes information on how to pronounce names and a family tree. [84450].