The Mirror of Kong Ho, Ernest Bramah, 1929, Preface by J.C. Squire

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The Mirror of Kong Ho

Ernest Bramah

1929

Grant Richards and Humphrey Toulmin

8vo

Description:

Ernest Bramah's delightful epistolary satire presenting an orientalist view of Edwardian London society through the bewildered eyes of a visiting Chinese gentleman. Composed as a sequence of letters sent home to his father, the narrative chronicles the misunderstandings, social blunders, and cultural absurdities encountered by Kong Ho during his stay in a London boarding house.

Condition:

Good Condition. Black cloth. Binding is firm. Contents are clean. Boards have some marking. Light tanning to spine.

The Mirror of Kong Ho

Ernest Bramah

1929

Grant Richards and Humphrey Toulmin

8vo

Description:

Ernest Bramah's delightful epistolary satire presenting an orientalist view of Edwardian London society through the bewildered eyes of a visiting Chinese gentleman. Composed as a sequence of letters sent home to his father, the narrative chronicles the misunderstandings, social blunders, and cultural absurdities encountered by Kong Ho during his stay in a London boarding house.

Condition:

Good Condition. Black cloth. Binding is firm. Contents are clean. Boards have some marking. Light tanning to spine.