KOTENEV, Anatol M.

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Shanghai: Its Muncipality and the Chinese. First edition, the copy of Dai Ensai, the husband of Sun Yat-Sen's daughter Sun Wan, with his ownership blind stamp and red ink seal on the title page and page 1.Dai (1892-1955, also known as En-Sai Tai) studied law at Columbia University, writing a thesis on the unequal treaties (published in 1918 as Treaty Ports in China: A Study in Diplomacy) before returning to China to pursue a government career. He acted as one of the witnesses to Sun Yat-Sen's will.Arriving in China in 1901 from his native Russia, Captain Anatol Kotenev (1882-1951) spent the next five decades in the country, serving with distinction in a variety of military roles and supporting the work of the Shanghai Municipal Council. After the Second World War, he became an advisor to the Kuomintang government of Shandong. Following Mao's victory in the civil war, he was tainted by association with the old regime and died in prison.

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