China's Courts and Concubines

From the colourful past of ancient China, rich in story and legend, the author has taken fifteen of the men and women whose fascinating, eventful lives mirrored the times in which they lived, and who have become part of the long heritage of the Chinese people.

Published 1956.

Binding of book is loose. Sunned dust jacket with moderate shelfwear, foxing, some fraying, few tears and waterstains. Back of dust jacket held by tape. Sticker on front of dust jacket. Slightly darkened covers with some shelfwear. Heavy tanning and foxing on edges of book. Top edge is black. Annotations in pencil and moderate foxing on endpapers. Some foxing on certain pages.