Hardcover
1933 · London
by Der Ling, Princess
London: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd, 1933. Hardcover. Good (over wear and sunning to covers, tanning to page edges, tanning to front and rear fly leaves). Plum cloth wraps with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, decorative end pages, color frontispiece, 288 pp, illustrated in bw and color. Contents include: Golden sand -- Her majesty plans a railroad journey -- The train crew -- Railroad officials -- The court officials -- The imperial chariot -- "Meet sovereign" -- Her majesty's wardrobe -- Court cookery -- His majesty Kwang Hsu -- Court ladies and serving maids -- The traveling throne room -- En route -- The famous viceroy -- Countryside -- Old Buddha comes home -- The imperial residence -- Relics of emperors -- The fox tower -- The hunting park -- The ordeal of moods -- The imperial theater -- The return -- Miracles of mulberry leaves -- Court craftsmen -- Royal kennels -- Imperial vanity -- The Floating Palace -- The court doctors -- Charity and justice -- When the lotus greets the Sun -- Old Buddha's dressing table -- Imperial flowers -- Silver basins -- Shadows.
Illustrations by Bertha Lumn. (Inventory #: 176447)
Illustrations by Bertha Lumn. (Inventory #: 176447)