Torrents of Spring
New York: Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. 5.75"x8.13". 218 pgs. Fire engine red cloth boards. Gilt title inside black boxes on spine. Chinese scene in gold as paste downs. Deckeled edge. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library. PON on first fly paper. Light fading to spine. Used - Near Fine / No Jacket. Item #10195
Story of three children in rich Chinese family during early years of the 20th century.
Pierre Stephen Robert Payne was an English-born author, known principally for works of biography and history, although he also wrote novels, poetry, magazine articles and many other works. After working in Singapore and China, he moved to the United States in 1946 and became a professor of English literature.
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