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Complete and unabridged, with 58 full-page plates by Louis Meijer, Ivan Aivazovsky and Casparus Johannes Morel. Foreigners in a Chinese treaty port at the end of the empire, an arms deal and a rising in the provinces. Merwin had reported from China and wrote the diplomatic manoeuvring as something more than background. This edition is bound with 58 plates of paintings by Munch, Constable, Gurlitt and Aivazovsky, dated 1820 to 1910.
Complete and unabridged, with 58 full-page plates by Louis Meijer, Ivan Aivazovsky and Casparus Johannes Morel. Foreigners in a Chinese treaty port at the end of the empire, an arms deal and a rising in the provinces. Merwin had reported from China and wrote the diplomatic manoeuvring as somethin...
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Samuel Merwin (1874-1936) was an American novelist and playwright born in Evanston, Illinois. He edited Success magazine, travelled in China to report on the opium trade, and wrote novels and plays for thirty years. His works include The Road to Frontenac, Anthony the Absolute, and In Red and Gold.
Samuel Merwin (1874-1936) was an American novelist and playwright born in Evanston, Illinois. He edited Success magazine, travelled in China to report on the opium trade, and wrote novels and plays for thirty years. His works include The Road to Frontenac, Anthony the Absolute, and In Red and Gold.
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