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Scarce signed copy of Sun Yat-sen's book, ''The International Development of China'', boldly inscribed in fountain pen by the Chinese leader on the front free endpaper, ''Mr. H.S. Quigley / Sun Yat-sen''. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922 first English edition. Book is inscribed to Harold Scott Quigley, a scholar of Chinese studies who acquired the autograph in Shanghai in 1923, possibly during the Sun-Joffe Agreement, which was held in Shanghai in January 1923. In original publisher's binding, book contains all maps, including the folding map housed in the rear pastedown pocket. Book measures 5.675'' x 8.25'' and runs 265pp. Text block has pulled away from backstrip at page 49. Portrait and biography of Sun, taken from jacket, have been affixed to front pastedown and free endpaper, underneath signature. Some pencil erasure at bottom of signature page. Chip to top of backstrip, and paper clip to rear endpaper. Overall in very good condition. An important book authored by Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of China, and scarce as signed by him.
Sun Yat-sen Signed First Edition of His Book ''The International Development of China''
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