Imperial Incense

Der Ling, Princess

Verlag: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd, London, 1933

Beschreibung

Plum cloth wraps with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, decorative end pages, color frontispiece, 288 pp, illustrated in bw and color. Contents include: Golden sand -- Her majesty plans a railroad journey -- The train crew -- Railroad officials -- The court officials -- The imperial chariot -- "Meet sovereign" -- Her majesty's wardrobe -- Court cookery -- His majesty Kwang Hsu -- Court ladies and serving maids -- The traveling throne room -- En route -- The famous viceroy -- Countryside -- Old Buddha comes home -- The imperial residence -- Relics of emperors -- The fox tower -- The hunting park -- The ordeal of moods -- The imperial theater -- The return -- Miracles of mulberry leaves -- Court craftsmen -- Royal kennels -- Imperial vanity -- The Floating Palace -- The court doctors -- Charity and justice -- When the lotus greets the Sun -- Old Buddha's dressing table -- Imperial flowers -- Silver basins -- Shadows. Illustrations by Bertha Lumn. Good (over wear and sunning to covers, tanning to page edges, tanning to front and rear fly leaves). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 176447

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Imperial Incense

Verlag: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1933

Einband: Hardcover