Indiscreet letters from Peking

by Putnam Weale, Bertram Lenox Simpson

$35 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1909. Later edition, 8vo, pp. vii, 1 , 447, 1 ; photo-reproductive frontispiece and one map; red cloth gilt; boards rubbed and cocked, endpapers refreshed, text clean and sound with a couple old dog ear creases, good. Weale was a prolific author on China who was present during the western powers' siege of Peking to retake it from the Boxers. He was deeply critical of the West's actions during the rebellion, and his

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