1945 First Edition "Rickshaw Boy" Lau Shaw & Evan King

Showing the title page as a sample of the Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge sketches to be found within and on the endpapers. No jacket. The yellow cloth cover shows moderate soiling but no frayed edges or corners. Black and gold imprints on the spine, which is in quite good condition. 383 pages are all secure to the binding and exceptionally clean with several dog-ears but no markings. The front endpage has a 1 inch tear on the upper margin. No other tears.

This is the tale of Happy Boy, a Chinese youth who has come to Peking, for fulfillment of his modest ambitions. We learn of his health, strength and loyalty, the boundless will to work, and how he is caught up in the changing social trends. A throughly Chinese story, recounting the sweat, suffering, hopes, blunders and fall of China.