Percy Horace Kent — The Passing of the Manchus

London, Edward Arnold, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Percy Horace Braund Kent's illustrated account of the decline and fall of the Qing Dynasty. A scarce first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, nineteen plates, and three maps, one of which is folding. Collated, complete.Kent's work describes the political, economic, and social factors that contributed to the fall of the Qing or Manchu dynasty, describing the role of the Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi, and the impact of the Boxer Rebellion.With eight pages of advertisements to the rear.With the bookplate of the St. Andrew's Hall Library to the front pastedown, their inscription - dated 1913 - to the front free endpaper, and library marking to back strip tail. No further library markings. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright. Back strip age toned, with ink library number to back strip tail. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Library bookplate to front pastedown, inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound, though lightly strained to the rear. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd instance of spotting. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .