Collis, Maurice

THE GREAT WITHIN.

Pp. 350(last blank), 16 plates, 3 maps (1 folding, others full page), list of principal authorities, index; demy 8vo; purple cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; top edges yellow; a couple of pages faintly creased, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Faber & Faber, London, 1956. Fifth impression. *First published in 1941. Chinese dynastic history from the end of the Ming dynasty. The Great Within is a Chinese name for the Forbidden City, the main palace of Imperial China. Item #167725

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