Rare Books

Fish in the air

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Description: A tale of what Tai Fung, which means Big Wind, did to change the ideas of the little Chinese boy named Fish, who had persuaded his father, Honorable Fish, to buy him the biggest fish shaped kite he could find.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1948.
Call number: 655205
Creator: Wiese, Kurt (1887-1974)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Roger S. Hong, June 2006. From the Hong family library.
Dimensions: 22 x 27 cm
Associated people: Hong, You Chung, (1898-1977,); Hong, Mabel, (1907-1998,); Hong, Roger S., (1941-2006,)
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