by AIREY, F.I.
AIREY, F.I. PIDGIN INGLIS TAILS AND OTHERS. Shanghai/ Hong Kong/ Singapore/ Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh, 1906. 12mo. Publisher's pictorial cloth. Frontispiece, 94, (1) pages. First edition. Scarce item. OCLC records four copies - Bibliotheque National, two in the British Library, University of Hong Kong, but none in the US. Sterotypical dialect poetry derived from the word "pidgin," or "simply the English word 'business' as near as a Chinaman can pronounce it." Includes a four-page glossary. The author was a Royal Navy paymaster. With numerous in-text illustrations plaited and drawn by F.W.I. Airey, with brightly colored cover. Very good. . (Inventory #: 39872)