IMPERIAL WOMAN. A Novel
(New York: The John Day Company, 1956).
SCARCE. An engrossing fictional account of the last Empress of China,Tzu Hsi. "She ranks in history with Victoria of England and Catherine of Russia. Indeed, Tzu Hsi liked to think of Victoria as her sister-ruler and often remarked that they divided the world between them, Victoria the Empress of the West and she the Empress of the East." - publisher. Item #32850
First Edition. 8vo, publisher s original burnt orange cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial design on the upper cover and spine. In the dustjacket. 376 pp. A very well preserved copy in the original dustjacket. Light abrasion to the extremities of the jacket.
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