The dragon empress: life and times of Tzu-hsi, 1835-1908, Empress dowager of China
1972, First Edition. London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages; 271 p. : illus. (some col.), ports. (some col.), maps, plans.....