SIAN: A COUP D'ETAT and A FORTNIGHT IN SIAN: EXTRACTS FROM A DIARY
Shanghai: The China Publishing Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover bound in gilt-lettered red silk boards, promotional band printed in red, acetate dustwrapper, 7-1/4" x 9-3/4"; 119 pages printed on Chinese handmade paper from bamboo fiber. SIGNED with both signature and stamp of Mayling Soong Chiang (Madame Chaing Kai-Shek) on a front blank. An account of the 1936 coup by mutinous troops in the city of Sian (now known as the Xi'an Incident), in which Chinese Nationalist President Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife were taken hostage by their own military leaders. Fresh, clean, and unmarked; fragile acetate dustwrapper with large tears and loss. Fine in a Fair dustwrapper which is usually completely lacking. Item #022262
Price: $2,500.00