The Story Of Topsy..
Bound in original cloth, gilt with portrait of Topsy set in front board, in original pictorial dust wrapper, which is a little chipped on edges. Two discrete coloured ink markings on front endpaper map but otherwise a very good copy. Signed by Topsy on title page with gift inscription at head of title.
£45.00
Details
SIGNED BY TOPSY
Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton, St. Paul's House, E.C.4,
Place
London
Date
1937
Synopsis
Little lonely of central asia.
Item Description
8vo. 5.25 x 7.5 inches. 212 pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 32 black and white photographs, including portrait frontispiece. Decorated by headpiece vignettes. Map endpapers.
Notes
Topsy was the name given to Gwa-Gwa (Little Lonely) an abandoned deaf and dumb girl, the daughter of a Tibetan chief and Mongolian mother. At about the age of seven she was adopted by three Missionaries who served in the Gobi desert. They included Alice Mildred Cable (c.1879-1952) and the two French sisters, collectively known as 'The Trio.' Francesca Law French (1871-1960) was the joint author of this and other studies of missionary work in Central Asia. The Trio brought Topsy to England in 1935, under the name of Eileen Guy, and she lived until 1998.
[Stock No. 23595]
Subjects
20th Century • Asia • Biography • China • Christian • Illustrated