The Belgian Mandarin

gift able hardcover– Grey cloth boards gold title spine beautifully bound printed in USA no edition stated copyright by the author/dust jackets in excellent condition with minor edge wear at its corners-some scuffs-dust jacket-not clipped- excellent pretty copy - lightly read??maybe interior book is clean -spine not/creased/ The Belgian Mandarin (Hardcover) by Anne Splingaerd Megowan - Paul Splingaerd´s life after he left Brussels for China in 1865-41 years spent in China-, but he really did exist. His great-granddaughter relates -story of his youth, travels-"Middle Kingdom"-explorer/geographer -Ferdinand von Richthofen-years as a fur trader in Mongolia-his fourteen years in China's -made a mandarin by legendary viceroy Li Hongzhang. On behalf of his native Belgium-negotiated the rights-major railroad between Beijing to Hankou.-Leopold II knighted him a "Chevalier de l"Ordre de la Couronne." see pictures – Expedited Shipping I have a good description and pictures, however some books can be an expensive purchase, how does one sell expensive books without pictures..Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped through-USPS- -wrapped carefully assure condition that is described–The Belgian Mandarin: The Life of Paul Splingaerd (Brussels,1842-Xian,1906)- Author Anne Splingaerd Megowan= Publisher Xlibris Corporation, 2008 = 1425792375, 9781425792374 = 203 pages Subjects Biography & Autobiography ' General Shanghai /Splingaerd-biography Mandarin/German ministry in China/Mount St. Mary's College alumni/organize committee XIX Olympiad Mexico City/Los Angeles resident/Catholic missionary religious orders/ politics-living conditions-Chinese/ world history/19th century China /Leopold II/ knighted/"Chevalier de l"Ordre de la Couronne/ Ferdinand von Richthofen/ post-Opium Wars years inv bmk 19 bib 2493