London: Grant Richards, 1921

8vo, pp. 309. Original tan boards, lettered in black to front panel spine. Lower edge uncut. Illustrated dust jacket. Offsetting to half-title, but a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket, fading to spine and with just the lightest of edgewear, and some tape reinforcement to reverse at spine.

First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.

In his early books, Thomas Burke [1886-1945] chronicled life among the immigrant Chinese community in London's East End. Limehouse Nights (1916) proved hugely popular with early Hollywood: D.W. Griffith based his films Broken Blossoms (1919) and Dream Street (1921) on stories in the book, and Charlie Chaplin used another as the basis for A Dog's Life (1918). Whispering Windows is another collection of short stories, again set along the river banks of London's East End.

Scarce in this condition, and extremely rare signed.

HUBIN, p. 58