New York, Chicago & Toronto: Fleming H. Ravell Company, 1901. First Edition. An important detailed eye-witness account of the Boxer Rebellion written by an American Protestant missionary to China. At the time of publication Smith had served twenty-nine years in the country for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Smith together with 23 other missionaries and 100 Chinese Christians were forced to leave the northern provinces for Peking where they took refuge with other foreigners in the Legation quarter. There they were besieged for 55 days by Boxers and troops of the Imperial Chinese Army until they were liberated by Alliance forces. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xiv, [4], 364; 4 p.l., 365-770. with half-titles. 5 maps & plans (3 folding). 96 illus. on 64 plates. index. untrimmed in original decorated cloth (slight fraying to spine ends, library markings faintly visible on lower spines, several library stamps but a good tight copy). elala5953

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Bookseller: D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB) (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: elala5953
Title: China In Convulsion.
Author: SMITH, Arthur H[enderson] [1845-1932]
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition. An important detailed eye-witness account of the
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Chicago & Toronto: Fleming H. Ravell Company, 1901
Keywords: Far-East China Boxer Rebellion
Bookseller catalogs: Far-East;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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