1931 A Passport to China: Being the Tale of Her Long and Friendly Sojourning amongst a Strangely Interesting People

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated complete. An account of the author's time as a missionary in China, offering accounts of their journey and residency in the country. With details of regional walks, wedding ceremonies, spirit boats, schools, scenery, railway excursions, and much more. Written by Lucy Soothill, a British Methodist missionary to China whose husband, William Edward Soothil, later became Professor of Chinese at University College, Oxford. With a foreword and epilogue by their daughter, Dorothea Hosie or Lady Hosie, a British amateur film maker and writer of numerous books on China.