Apr 16, 2019 - Sale 2505

Sale 2505 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(IMMIGRATION.) Culin, Stewart. The Religious Ceremonies of the Chinese in the Eastern Cities of the United States. 2 plates (one counted in pagination). 23 pages. 4to, early 1/2 cloth over marbled boards, moderate wear; coming disbound, minor wear to leaves; title page in red and black; embossed defunct library stamp on title page. Philadelphia: [Franklin Printing House], 1887

Additional Details

An ethnological study from the early days of mass Chinese immigration to the East Coast. First printing of an essay read at the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia in 1886. One of 100 copies printed. No other examples traced at auction.