Proverbs and Common Sayings From The Chinese, Together with Much Related and Unrelated Matter, Interspersed with Observations on Chinese Things-in-General. New and Revised Edition.

"Proverbs and Common Sayings From the Chinese, Together with Much Related and Unrelated Matter, Interspersed with Observations on Chinese Things-in-General" by Arthur H. Smith, New and Revised Edition, published in Shanghai by the American Presbyterian Mission Press in 1902. The work explores Chinese proverbs and common sayings alongside observations on Chinese life, customs, and culture.

Octavo (5.75" x 9.375"), handsomely bound in quarter maroon leather with leather corners over maroon cloth boards, with a single gilt rule surrounding the leather edges. The spine features four gilt-decorated, gilt-rule-bordered raised bands, gilt title and author panels, floral devices, and gilt ruling at the head. All edges are lightly marbled.

The binding shows edgewear, bumped and rubbed corners with loss to the tips, scuffs to the leather, and evidence that both boards were reattached at one point. The bottom 2" of the spine is lacking. The first free endpaper is torn, and the title page is darkened. An errata page appears on the third flyleaf from the rear.

A distinctive early-20th-century Shanghai edition, particularly appealing to collectors of Chinese culture, folklore, language, proverbs, and Western studies of China.