China.- Ladies' Directory (The) or Red Book for Shanghai for the Year 1895, title printed in red and green, printed red-rule borders throughout, some spotting or light staining, mainly at beginning and end, gutter cracked at points and hinges cracked but holding, original red morocco, gilt, rubbed with some wear and small loss to spine, upper joint with some old glue repairs and cracked at head, 8vo, Shanghai, 'North-China Herald' Office, [1895].

⁂ Scarce, we can trace only two copies of this annual publication at auction, and not for this year. The work contains a list of colloquial phrases, details of family hotels and boarding houses, names of roads of the various settlements, an 83pp. alphabetical directory of ladies with addresses, a section for "Visiting Notes" (this copy not completed), and ends with useful notes about festivals, postage, weights and measures and 4pp. advertisements.