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Preface by Charlotte Haldane. Pictorial dust-jacket with title. Publishers red cloth with black title to spine. Portrait frontispiece plate. China'a First Lady interprets her nation before and during the Sino-Japanese war. A very lovely copy.

Publisher: Hurst & Blackett Ltd., London

Author: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

Date Published: 1940

Binding: Hardcover with pictorial dust-jacket

Condition: Very Good

Reserve: $25.00

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