1938-1948 A Collection of Volumes from Maurice Collis

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First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Four volumes. Written by Maurice Stewart Collis, an administrator in Burma (now Myanmar) when it was part of the British Empire, and afterwards a writer on Southeast Asia, China and other historical subjects. This set contains: Trials in Burma, 1938. First UK edition. The author's own memoir of his time serving in Burma in the Indian Civil Service under the British Empire describing events from 1929 to 1930. In this work he gives special attention to the political trial of Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, Mayor of Calcutta. The Land of the Great Image: Being Experiences of Friar Manrique in Arakan, 1943. First US edition. Illustrated with twelve plates and one map. Collated complete. An authentic history of the seventeenth century Augustinian Friar, Manrique, and his journey to the independent kingdom of Arakan on the Bay of Bengal. The Motherly and Auspicious: Being the Life of the Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi in the Form of a Drama, with an Introduction and Notes, 1943. First UK edition. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. A play presenting the life of Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi, a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent for almost fifty years. The First Holy One, 1948. First UK edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates and four maps. Collated complete. A history of the life and philosophy of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages.