Beschreibung:

183 pp, 8 coloured plates in orange and black, yellow cloth boards with black titles and gilt illustration to front cover, gilt and black spine, top cut gilt, spine and endpapers darkened, otherweise a very tight and clean copy. First edition. Contents: Yow-to's first lesson -- The boy who slept -- The boy and the porridge -- The gods know -- Lo-sun, the blind boy -- Sibg Li's fortune -- Fairy Old Boy and the tiger -- Yu-kong and the demon -- The boy who became emperor -- The ashes of deceit -- The bride of the dragon king.