SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF SU TUNG-P'O

First edition, first printing. Original yellow cloth with titles in gilt and brown to the spine and upper board. Untrimmed edges. Illustrated throughout with black and white wood engravings by Averil Salmond le Gros Clark. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth with light discolouration to the spine and extremities and a 3.5 cm split to the head of the spine. The contents, with faint spotting to the prelims, are otherwise clean and bright throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions.

A collection of the work of the medieval Chinese writer and politician Su Shi (1037-1101), translated by Cyril Drummond le Gros Clark, who was the chief secretary of Sarawak, and beautifully illustrated by his wife, Averil Salmon le Gros Clarke.