Collectible - Good First Edition With Dust Jacket

New York: The John Day Company, 1948. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. 307pp. Good book and Fair dust jacket. Boards very slightly bowed, cover lightly soiled, edges and endpapers just a bit toned. The bookplate of Chinese Ambassador to Mexico Chih Tsing Feng [Doreen Feng's father] to the front endpage. The jacket is heavily shelfworn with some tearing and chipping to the spine tips. From the collection of author, painter, and sportswoman Doreen Feng. Feng, who was the daughter of Chinese diplomat Chih-Tsing Feng, was known for authoring The Joy of Chinese Cooking, as well as her many sporting endeavors, including golfing, horseback riding, skiing, table tennis and bullfighting. (american fiction, chinese americans) Inquire if you need further information.