Arthur Cotterell SIGNED The Imperial Capitals of China Celestial Empire Chinese

The Imperial Capitals of China: An Inside View of the Celestial Empire by Arthur Cotterell\n\nSigned by the author on the title page (without dedication); Pimlico 2007 1st ed/2nd printing with illustrations by Ray Dunning, 304pp., text generally in decent order albeit with slight browning to pages, one small stain to the left hand margin of page 244, some creasing to left hand side of the front free end paper, slight browning/staining/rubbing to the page extremities at the very top, side & bottom, boards just the slightest bit warped, bumping to the bottom left hand corner of the rear board - less so to the other three corners, slight bumping & rubbing to the top & bottom of the boards - heavier to the edges of both & to the top & bottom of the spine, bump to spine edge on rear,\nboth boards slightly marked, the dust jacket has some internal staining & is a bit rubbed, creased, worn & torn.\n\nFrom the First Emperor's obsessive - and fatal - attempts to enr