2v 1903 CHINESE Colloquial GRAMMAR Language STUDIES Asian LEXICOGRAPHY Antique
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YU YEN TZU ERH CHI; A PROGRESSIVE COURSE DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE STUDENT OF COLLOQUIAL CHINESE As Spoken in the Capital and the Metropolitan Department. In Two Volumes.Wade, Thomas Francis; Hillier, Walter Caine. Shanghai/Yokohama/Hong Kong/Singapore: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1903. 3rd Edition; Abridged. In Two Volumes, Both present; Complete Set.Rare complete folio set of Colloquial Chinese reference lexicography for the student, consisting of various exercises in vocabulary, phonetics, grammar, word use and definitions, with meanings, tables, diagrams and translations in both English and Chinese. This is the third edition, abridged, complete in two volumes. Bound in black hardcovers with gilt titles in Chinese and English on both front boards and the spines, as shown. Light external wear, in great shape with hinges intact and clean text, nicely kept inside and out. Unmarked lest for single small signature to top corner of front EP, Vol I only, of D Z Sheffield, noted Chinese teacher, Chinese type writer inventor, and curiously, ex-Union Army in the American Civil War. See more below. Each measures 12.5" x 9.75". D. Z. Sheffield ~ 1913d. 1913Sheffield took part in the American Civil War and belonged to the northern (Union) side. After the war, he went to seminary and graduated in 1867. He was sent by the American Board of Commissioners
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