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Princess Der Ling. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1929. [xiv], 322p. 4th printing (1932) Signed by author on half title page. Cover corners lightly worn and spine sunned. Author, lady-in-waiting to Empress Dowager Cixi of China during the Manchu dynasty, recounts her childhood. 5 green & black plates and frontispiece store by S. Pinkus. (8-7/8"x5-7/8") Very good. Embossed cloth with gilt.