Octavo. 158pp. Includes twenty-five tipped-in wood engravings, wonderfully executed by illustrator Rosemary Covey, as well as numerous line drawings. The author originally prepared this information in partial fulfillment of his Master of Arts degree from the California College in China. The publication illustrates and describes 60 types of Chinese street peddlers, including those who train mice to do tricks and those who mend broken china, and their calls. A fine copy in dark blue floral damask silk boards, backed in red morocco with gilt title label. Prospectus, original sales receipt, and extra print of the "Trained Mice Man" laid-in. (Bird & Bull Bibliography A54).