Where Strange Gods Call; Pages out of the East
New York: The Century Co. [1924], 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 3-349, [3] pp. Green cloth with a pictorial front board and spine with decorations stamped in black and orange, lettered in black on the front board and spine. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by a frontispiece and 31 additional plates, black and white drawings by Christopher Murphy. Hervey's record of his travels to China, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila, and Hawaii. Here he records the costume, the art and entertainment, the food, and the flora and fauna of these destinations. Hervey spends time in Shinto temples in Japan, in the city of Nagasaki, at a luau, and spent time boating in the Philippines. A great deal of his narrative concerns the women he admired (and sometimes pursued) during his travels, with Hervey recording his experiences with both courtesans and noble-women. A roguish travel narrative from the early twentieth century, brilliantly illustrated, and difficult to find in-jacket. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #00009049
A Near Fine book with a tiny nick to the bottom edge of the rear board; dust jacket is Very Good with a trace or two of edge wear and moderate fading to the spine panel.
Price: $200.00