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A Collection of Volumes from Maurice Collis
1938951T107London; New York: Faber and Faber; Alfred A. Knopf 1938-1948. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 5.5"; 9" by 6". Not Stated. A smart collection of four first edition volumes from British administrator for Burma Maurice Stewart Collis. Four volumes. Written by Maurice Stewart Collis an administrator in Burma now Myanmar when it was part of the British Empire and afterwards a writer on Southeast Asia China and other historical subjects. This set contains: Trials in Burma 1938. First UK edition. The author's own memoir of his time serving in Burma in the Indian Civil Service under the British Empire describing events from 1929 to 1930. In this work he gives special attention to the political trial of Jatindra Mohan Sengupta Mayor of Calcutta. The Land of the Great Image: Being Experiences of Friar Manrique in Arakan 1943. First US edition. Illustrated with twelve plates and one map. Collated complete. An authentic history of the seventeenth century Augustinian Friar Manrique and his journey to the independent kingdom of Arakan on the Bay of Bengal. The Motherly and Auspicious: Being the Life of the Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi in the Form of a Drama with an Introduction and Notes 1943. First UK edition. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. A play presenting the life of Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent for almost fifty years. The First Holy One 1948. First UK edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates and four maps. Collated complete. A history of the life and philosophy of Confucius a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. In the original cloth binding. Externally very smart with light wear to the extremities and minor fading. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than Trials in Burma which has been price-clipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark. Minor chipping to the extremities of The Motherly and Auspicious. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the extremities. Near Fine Faber and Faber; Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
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