The Last Manchu The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, the Last Emperor of China by Kramer, Paul (editor), Henry Pu Yi (or Puyi) - 1967

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and wrinkled spots (mostly to the spine ends) and some small edge chips missing. This book, written by Henry Pu Yi and edited by Paul Kramer was the basis for the movie The Last Emperor and tells the story of the boy who became emperor of China at age 2 (or 3 when using Chinese dating) , lived for nearly twenty years in the Forbidden City before being expelled and imprisoned by the Soviets and Red Chinese. "The Xuantong Emperor (7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967) , better known by his personal name Puyi, was the last emperor of… Read More