Weale Putnam Pseudonym Simpson Bertram Lenox (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Presumed second printing (no direct statement as such but first published by Dodd, Mead in March 1907). i-vii, [1], 1-447 pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.5cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Red cloth lightly rubbed and soiled; gilt lettering to spine and front board remains bright; bumping to spine ends and board corners. Deckle fore-edge and bottom edge; some leaves retain uncut fore-edges. Six-line ink inscription dated January 1, 1911 to Waco, Texas attorney Oscar L. Stribling [Oscar Lee Stribling] (1865-1926) from prominent Waco grocer and banker Edward Rotan (1844-1932). A few spots of foxing and minor soiling to interior leaves which otherwise remain clean. Binding is firm. Bertram Simpson (under his pen name B.L. Putnam Weale) relays events of the 1900 siege of the International Legations in Beijing during the Qing Empire Boxer Rebellion.…

Presumed second printing (no direct statement as such by first published by Dodd, Mead in March 1907). i-vii, [1], 1-447 pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.5cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Red cloth lightly rubbed and soiled; gilt lettering to spine and front board remains bright; bumping to spine ends and board corners. Deckle fore-edge and bottom edge; some leaves retain uncut fore-edges. Six-line ink inscription dated January 1, 1911 to Waco, Texas attorney Oscar L. Stribling [Oscar Lee Stribling] (1865-1926) from prominent Waco grocer and banker Edward Rotan (1844-1932). A few spots of foxing and minor soiling to interior leaves which otherwise remain clean. Binding is firm. Bertram Simpson (under his pen name B.L. Putnam Weale) relays events of the 1900 siege of the International Legations in Beijing during the Qing Empire Boxer Rebellion.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First China Edition, published by Kelly and Walsh in Shanghai. The book was originally published in London in 1900. Octavo, pp vii, 447. Bound in brown cloth covered hard boards and with the original dust jacket. Letters written by Bertram Lennox Simpson of his experiences in Peking during the Siege of the Legations, using the pseudonym Bertram Weale. Simpson was a controversial figure among the British colonial service in China, and was eventually assassinated by Chinese political agents in Tientsin in 1930. Peter Fleming wrote, and not in a flattering manner, about Simpson in his 1959 book, "The Siege of Peking", and a previous owner has pasted a photocopy of half a page from Fleming's book to a blank prelim page here and also transcribed Fleming's criticism, in pencil, at the end of the foreword. The book is in Near Fine condition, with light browning to the endpapers. The jacket is chipped to the head of the spine and has some general wear, grades Good.…

Octavo, original decorated blue cloth, front cover stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Eight stories set mostly in the Far East, exploring various cultural conflicts. "He gives us the atmosphere of the Far East, which he knows as few Anglo-Saxons know it, and yet he preserves his detachment of spirit as Loti and Lafcadio Hearn do not. He pictures its strangeness, its insidious charm, and its dangers. The book should not be missed by those who are not afraid of a shudder or two, and who care for stories of artistic vitality." - New York Times, 3 July 1909. Mild foxing to edges of text block, endpapers a bit tanned, a tight, bright, near fine copy. (#114739).…

Hardcover. Presumed first edition/first printing. Includes maps. Some maps have color. Occasional footnotes. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling. Wear at toem and bottom of spine. Bottom of spine stained.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. China Edition. Spine sun, edgewear, endpapers foxed, light text tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; First edition printed in China of this observer's detailing of the siege and sack of Peking in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion, written by a British national who was born in China and spent his life in various government and media jobs. This copy has a fascinating association. The oldest owner's signature is "Hilda Macdonald" about whom I can find no information. The second signature is that of Howard E Kohn II, best known as the producer of the noir film "Hidden Fear". The final ownership marking is the stamp "Samuel Bronston Productions Ltd." Samuel Bronston produced the 1963 epic "55 Days at Peking" about the Boxer Rebellion siege of the foreign legations at Beijing. This "China Edition" of Indiscreet Letters may have been a reference work used in the movie's writing and filming. This first China edition of a first-person account providing insight into a key 20th-century political moment in China has a fascinating association by being used by the production company of the American movie on that subject. ; vii, 447 pages.…