Gems of Chinese verse translated into English verse

Shanghai: Commercial Press, Limited, 1918. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], iii, [3], x, 242; adverts on rear endpaper; original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; (lending library?) label removed from front cover, "verse and proverbs" written in black flair vertically on spine, ownership signature in blue pencil on page 1; Hokusai-inspired bookplate of Robert F. W. Whitcomb. Together with: More gems of Chinese poetry ... With comparative passages from English literature. Second edition. Shanghai: Commercial Press, Limited, 1923. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], iv, 208, [2] ads; original terractta cloth (not quite matching) stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; newspaper shadow on front endpaper, ld inscription eradicated from title page; all else very good, sound and clean.