Kinwun Mingyi; PE Maung Tin [editor] — Kinwun Mingyi&Apos;S London Diary

Rangoon, Govt. Printing and Stationary Burma, 1953-1954. Cloth. A complete two volume set of the diary of Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung, in the original Myanmar (Burmese) language. Myanmar (Burmese) language. Two volumes. Scarce work. The diary of Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung, a Myanmar (Burmese) chief minister and colonial civil servant during the reigns of King Mindon and Thibaw who attempted to westernise the Burmese kingdom's bureaucracy into a more democratic system. He was accused as being used as a decoy to allow Britain to win the Third Anglo-Burmese War. These diaries offer insight into his life during his travels to London and back in 1872-1873. Edited by Professor PE Maung Tin, a Myanmar (Burmese) scholar and educator. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities and the odd mark to the board. With homemade brown paper dust wrappers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with pencil annotations throughout. Age toning to the endpapers and notes to the rear endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .