China Under the Empress Dowager, Being the History of the Life and Times of Tzu Hsi. Compiled from State Papers and the Private Diary of the Comptroller of Her Household

by J. O. P. Bland, J. O P. Bland

£65 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

London: William Heinemann, 1911. China VINTAGE COPY, a later impression. Octavo 26 x 17cm , pp.xxviii; 525 3 . With 26 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and a map of Peking. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black titles and a red device to upper. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. A crisp, clean copy internally; some leaves unopened. Light toning to edges and endpapers. Repairs to split hinges. Wear to head

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