The American Book Shop on Old Shanghai’s Nanking Road

Another gift from the old China collector Ed Lanfranco, ex of Beijing and now of California. An ex-libris from the inside cover of a book showing it was purchased at the American Book Shop at #78 Nanking Road (Nanjing Dong Lu), Shanghai. The Book Shop was part of the Chinese American Publishing Company run by well known American Shanghailander and Great War veteran Frank “FD” Mortimer….