Pocket Book anno 1945 with the following message on the back: "Share this book with someone in uniform" [Wartime Book]

Carl Crow - Four hundred million customers: The experiences -some happy, some sad- of an American in China, and what they taught him - [This is a Genuine Pocket Book - Complete & Unabridged] - Illustrations by Georgii Sapojnikoff - edition no. 323 in the 'Pocket Books' series - New York, Pocket Books Inc., 1945 - 1st edition in this format (original edition anno 1937) - X+273+4p.(pub.) - Softcover: polychrome illustrated paper binding with straight spine (pocket format), with three red-colored edges, with red-colored endpapers - 10.90x16.20cm - Good copy: minimal wear and use traces, text block with age-related discoloration (mainly at the margins).

•      Carl Crow (1884–1945) was a Highland, Missouri-born newspaperman, businessman, and writer who managed several newspapers and then opened the first Western advertising agency in Shanghai, China. He ran the agency for 19 years, creating calendar advertisements. He was also the founding editor of the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury. (Source: Wikipedia)
•      "Sapajou" was the artistic nom de plume of Georgii Avksentievich Sapojnikoff, one-time Lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Army. His cartoons began appearing in the North-China Daily News in 1925.

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