The Flower Drum Song
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [6] 244p. Original tan textured buckram with blue lettering on spine; in original color-illustrated dustjacket with blue lettering on spine. Inscription on front free endpaper in Chinese:- our translation - "To Gae – Fred said you can't even make coffee, and I know he's lying. I hope one day I'll have the chance to try your coffee myself. Best wishes. M. Lee" December 25, 1961 Christmas Day." With addendum in English: "To Gae- Don't you believe such lies; just don't. 8 Red K."
Story of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco. Basis of the 1958 musical "Flower Drum Song" and the 1961 movie with the same title. "Wang Chi-yang –Old Master Wang– is an unforgettable figure. Indomitable, proud, held in a web of culture thousands of years old, he refuses to recognize change, or the Western World which swirls around him on Grant Avenue, in San Francisco's Chinatown." (Publisher). Dustjacket with some light wear along edges, small chips and a one inch closed tear at top of back cover; price-clipped. Block with slight age-toning. Very good condition. Item #55810
The inscription is four lines long plus a signature in English and then again in Chinese, with a rebuttle from the recipient.
Price: $750.00