First edition. Frontispiece and 11 plates. 8vo. Original cloth. A Very good copy. Endpaper decorated with maps. 233pp. London, Heath Cranton, 1927.
Louis Magrath King (1886-1949) was born at Jiujiang, China and educated at Chefoo School (Zhifu) as well as Berkhamsted. King who was fluent in Chinese, joined the British China Consular Service in 1905; he was stationed at Kangding (Sichuan prov.), from 1913-1915 and 1919-1922, and famously married a Tibetan lady Rinchen Lhamo. The present is an account of the early phase of the Chinese revolution in Sichuan province where warlords and others were vying for power. King’s account is excellent as it focuses on the individuals and their respective strengths and weaknesses.
