Franz Michael
The Origin of Manchu Rule in China: Frontier and Bureaucracy as Interacting Forces in the Chinese Empire.
The Johns Hopkins Press, 1942. The Walter Page School of International Relations. First edition. viii/127 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", is bound in dark blue cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine and ruling to covers. Crest stamped in gold appears on front cover. Book shows shelfwear, with sunning to spine. Binding is firm. Previous owner's name and date of 1942 appear on front pastedown. Pages exhibit occasional pencil marginalia and underlining. Fold-out map at rear of volume is well preserved.