Lewis, W. H.
The Splendid Century:
Life in the France of Louis XIV

William Sloane Associates Publishers, New York 1954.  306 pages. First American Edition (first English edition Eyre & Spottiswood, London, 1953). Includes 17 illustrations from 17th century French engravings.In hardcover, royal blue with gold gilt. Spine ends slightly tapped & faintly soiled; otherwise in very good + condition. Dust jacket somewhat chipped and shabby, but intact & charming.

Warren Hamilton Lewis (1895-1973) was an Oxford historian and British Army Officer. His brother, C. S. Lewis, called him "my dearest and closest friend. $22.50

Elmer T. Clark

The Chiangs of China

New York Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press. Wartime Edition. 1943. Copyright 1943, Whitmore & Stone. 20 photographs. Hardcover, 5x7 1/2 inches, black with gold gilt lettering on the backstrip. Rubbing along backstrip & head & tail. Edges very slightly rubbed, minor tapping top two corners. Otherwise tight & square. No DJ. VG.

A history of the Soong family saga, with special attention to Chiang Kai-Shek & his wife. Chiang was the leader of the Nationalist civil war against the Communists, and the first & third chairman of the Nationalist Government of Japan.

 An odd book, distinguished by the almost worshipful attitude of it's American author, Elmer T. Clark.  $5.00