Item #9091 The Street of Many Arches. Joan CONQUEST.

The Street of Many Arches. New York: Macaulay Company. (1924).

First Edition. Written in collaboration with Gwen Lally. A highly un-politically correct romance novel of a young woman who grows up in London's Chinese quarter and who lives in fear of the "patient, crafty yellow eyes [that] follow her, always those slanting eyes...The Chinks". When Lotah falls in love with a white man her problems are only solved for the moment. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, light tanning of spine, cm chip at lower front panel. .

Price: $125.00

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