Thirty Years In Moukden, 1883-1913: The Experiences And Recollections Of Dugald Christie [Inscribed] by Dugald Christie Liza Inglis Christie (ed.)
1914. No edition remarks. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Unsigned inscription to front endpaper: 'To Clementina, with best wishes from the Author, December 28th 1923'. This may be from Dugald, or his wife Liza who edited the text. Black and white plates, all present; 2 fold-out maps at rear. Black and white frontispiece. Rough cut edges to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Frontispiece detaching. Slight scuffing to first text page. Block edges slightly nicked. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners. Some crushing and rubbing to spine ends. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Pronounced pale mottling, marks and liquid staining to front and rear. Faint dark marks to spine.