A nice copy of the First Edition of this scarce novel by the controversial Shanghai born British freelance journalist & commentator on Chinese affairs best known for his memoir of the Boxer Rebellion & Siege of the Peking Legations published as "Indiscreet Letters from Peking" 1907. He was directly involved in the warlord era which led to his assasination in Tientsin in 1930. Crown 8vo.viii.312pps.32pp.publishers catalogue dated September 1911 No ownership marks