The Devil Soldier: The Story of Frederick Townsend Ward, The Most Honored and Controversial American in Chinese History by Caleb Carr - 1992

New York: Random House, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Stated First Edition. No number line; no other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with maroon boards; black spine cloth with copper gilt lettering; author's initials copper gilt on front board. Bottom corner where the front board meets the spine has a large ""bump"" (see below on same bump to DJ.) Black from the spine clloth stained an inch or so of the bottom text block. The front end papers show map of ""The Yangtze Delta"" and ""The Shanghai Area;"" same repeated on rear end papers. Frontispiece is a portrait of Frederick Townsend Ward (1831-1862) from the Essex Institute in Salem, MA. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. 366 numbered pages. Contains a section of 8 leaves / 16 pages of glossy black & white photographs. Concludes with a 'Cast of Characters' listed by American, British, French, and Chinese; a section of Notes to the Chapters and an extensive Index. Dust jacket in good condition; mild shelf & edge wear; loss of paper on front bottom by spine (see photo) which corresponds to the underlying dent noted above. Not price clipped (U.S.A. $25.00) From the front jacket flap, ""A soldier of fortune who became a military genius of astounding virtuosity, American adventurer Frederick Townsend Ward fought with William Walker in Mexico and in the French army in the Crimean War. But it was in China - a country that had always exercised a powerful hold over him - that Ward would conduct one of the most extraordinary military campaigns in history.""