Madame Chiang – Sian: A Coup D’etat, 1937

A rare edition of Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang’s diary extracts from the 1936 kidnapping of Chiang Kai-shek. Entitled Sian: A Coup D’Etat and published in Shanghai in a limited edition by Kelly & Walsh in 1937. It was printed on specially-prepared Chinese handmade paper made from bamboo fibre. The silk cover has Chinese calligraphy in Chiang Kai-Shek’s own hand.