Henry Champly’s Le Chemin de Changhai (la traite des blanches en asie)

As part of my Shanghai Arrivals series over the summer I did include Henry Champly. He is perhaps a little unknown to a predominantly English speaking audience (like China Rhyming’s I think). A couple of people asked for more on Champly but I’m afraid I don’t know much about him beyond 1) he was French, 2) he wrote a lot of books both fiction and non-fiction, 3) very few of them are translated and 4) information on him is oddly rather lacking. So, if anyone knows anything do let me know.

Anyway, his Shanghai book was Le Chemin de Changhai or The Road to Shanghai (White Slave Traffic in Asia) published in Paris by Editions Jules Tallandier in 1933. I do have a cover image. This one was translated though is a little tricky to find at a decent price….