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Murray, Alexander.

Doings in China. Being the personal narrative of an officer engaged in the late Chinese Expedition, from the recapture of Chusan in 1841, to the Peace of Nankin in 1842.


Bentley, London 1843. First edition. 12mo., xi, 320pp., lithograph frontispiece portrait of Lin Tse-hsü, original red blind stamped cloth gilt, spine with gilt pictorial vignette, rebacked preserving spine.

Firsthand account of the First Opium War. Cordier, Sinica, 2370; Lust 572.

Price: £ 480
US Dollar Price: $ 960
Stock Number: 70341
Image of Murray, Alexander. Doings in China. Being the personal narrative of an officer engaged in the late Chinese Expedition, from the recapture of Chusan in 1841, to the Peace of Nankin in 1842.

Image of Murray, Alexander. Doings in China. Being the personal narrative of an officer engaged in the late Chinese Expedition, from the recapture of Chusan in 1841, to the Peace of Nankin in 1842.

Image of Murray, Alexander. Doings in China. Being the personal narrative of an officer engaged in the late Chinese Expedition, from the recapture of Chusan in 1841, to the Peace of Nankin in 1842.