Chinese Opera Story Picture Library - Eight Thread-Bound Volumes, 2013-14

An eight-volume illustrated library of Chinese opera stories, bringing together Series II and Series IV in traditional thread-bound format with their fitted cases. Published by Comic Strip Publishing House in 2013 and 2014, the set combines sequential art, theatrical narrative and book design in a compact collector's edition.

Contents: Eight volumes: Forced Marriage, Sitting on the Mountain and Quarrelling at the Kiln, White Lotus, Return to the Clan, Bloody Handprint, Cloud of the Waiting Wife, Embroidered Shoes and Beheading Huang Pao.
Format: 32-mo thread-bound printed-paper volumes with cases; exact metric dimensions were not supplied.
Edition: The source describes first printings of Series II in 2013 and Series IV in 2014; a typographical “20134” appears in the seller note and is interpreted from the surrounding record as 2013.
Condition: Source-graded 9.5/10.

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