C.Y. Lee’s The Flower Drum Song

CHIN-YANG LEE
born December 23, 1916, Hsiangtan [Xiangtan], Hunan, China

Passenger List
Departure: Bombay, India, September 17, 1943

Arrival: San Pedro, California, October 24, 1943

Naturalization Record

The Flower Drum Song

C.Y. Lee

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957

Jacket design by Susan Foster

Book design by Betty Crumley

Two clothbound versions by

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (left)

and Grossett & Dunlap (right)

Victor Gollancz, 1957

United Kingdom edition

Cover art by Shirley Hughes

Great Pan, 1960

United Kingdom edition

Cover art by Hans Helweg

Dell, 1961
(F175)

Cover art by Victor Kalin

Dell, 1966

(2622)

Cover by Garridos

Ballantine Books, 1972

Cover art by Charles Reid

Penquin, 2002

Cover design by Jesse Marinoff Reyes

Cover art by Hector Garrido
(a recreation of his 1966 Dell illustration)

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(Updated June 23, 2017; next post on Friday: Louis Chu’s Eat a Bowl of Tea)