T’ang (Leang-Li, editor) Reconstruction in China.
£475
A record of progress and achievement in facts and figures
Shanghai, China United Press, 1935.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $15.
Leang-Li T’ang was a prominent Chinese historian, author, and editor, recognised for documenting the socio-political and economic developments in early 20th-century China.
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Internally very good; jacket a little rubbed and tanned at spine.
Plates, illustrations and maps.
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