[Frans Masereel] Two extremely rare Chinese pirated editions
Text in Chinese, both Shanghai Liangyou Book Company, 1933, (4), 9 and (4), 6 p., w. 165 and 25 ills. after woodcuts by Frans Masereel, orig. picture boards, sm. 8vo.
Both vols. w. owner's entry on title-p., w. browned spine and covers sl. stained/ soiled. The second vol. w. dam. board edges. Pirated editions of Masereel's wordless novels Passionate Journey, or My Book of Hours (first published in 1919) and 25 Images of a Man's Passion (first published in 1918).