The Motherly and Auspicious. - being the life of the Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi in the form of a drama with an introduction and notes.
by COLLIS, Maurice
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- first
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Faber and Faber, London., 1943. First edition. Octavo. 178 pages. Eight plates.Laid in is a two-page Autograph Letter Signed by the author, on his headed writing paper, to a Miss Wong, an actor, concerning the possibility of the play's production by John Gielgud. On the front free endpaper is a gift inscription from the broadcaster Roy Plomley (Desert Island Discs) to his wife Diana.Letter: fold creases; two hole punches; some foxing; good. Book: edges a bit spotted; covers slightly marked; very good in good, chipped, rubbed and nicked dustwrapper designed by Barnett Freedman.
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- Title
- The Motherly and Auspicious. - being the life of the Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi in the form of a drama with an introduction and notes.
- Author
- COLLIS, Maurice
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber, London.
- Date Published
- 1943
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