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8vo. Rochester: Leo Hart, 1932. 8vo, 35 pp. Printed in black and red. Quarter vellum with decorated paper covered boards in a matching paper over card slipcase. A fine copy, slipcase rubbed and lightly worn. § Number 742 of 950 copies, signed by the illustrator Wilfred Jones. Printed on Okawara paper and produced under the direction of Leo Hart at his printing house in Rochester, New York, with typography by Will Ransom and the Chinese characters by Sang Ho.

Rochester: Leo Hart, 1932. Very good plus in very good slipcase.. Limited edition, signed by the illustrator, of Lamb's diverting and digressive essay on the Pig, for whom he has much appetitive affection but no pity whatever. A deluxe and colorful production, with illustrations mimicking Lamb's pseudo-historical account of the ancient Chinese invention of the titular culinary technique, developed and refined "I forget in whose dynasty." 8'' x 6''. Original decorative yellow, orange and gilt paper boards, in matching slipcase. Edition of 950 copies printed on Okawara paper, with illustrations by Wilfred Jones, typography by Will Ransom, and Chinese characters by Sang Ho. This copy numbered 767 and signed by Jones at colophon. 35 pages. Light edgewear and mild scuffing to boards; spine lightly sunned with touches of soil. Slipcase scuffed.

The Printing House of Leo Hart, Rochester, New York., 1932. First edition with these illustrations. Octavo. pp [iv], 37. Colour illustrations printed in pochoir by Wilfred Jones. Pigskin-backed paper boards, lettered in red. Printed on oriental Okawara paper. Typography by Will Ransom, Chinese characters by Sang Ho. A somewhat bizarre stab at orientalism. The pictures were first printed in black and then the vivid Japanese watercolours were done by hand by a team of young artists who copied from originals done byJones. One of the figures depicts George Bernard Shaw squeezing his nose. One of 950 numbered copies signed by the artist.Fine in publisher's very good patterned paper-covered card slipcase split at one edge.