Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan

Notes and Recollections

by Monseignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod (Péter Vay) 

First edition.  New York:  E.P. Dutton and Company, 1906 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Green covers are mostly clean, with gilt text and blind tooled frame. 
• Boards show a ding to top board, some edgewear.  Bottom corners are bumped, scuffed.  See photos.
• Spine has gilt text and is bright with softened ends.  See photos.
• Binding is cracked at back cover, otherwise secure.  See photos. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some light foxing.  
• Frontispiece is present and has intact tissue guard.
• Illustrations are bright and clear.  
• Interior exhibits some smudges, a bend to lower corner.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.  See photos.   
• Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges, with foxing, gilt along head.  See photos.  
• PS2026.0902

399 pages. 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches

First Edition.  Publisher's green cloth with title stamped in gilt.  Illustrated, with an Index.  Travel memoir through Russia and East Asia by a Catholic prelate.  Boards have a few blemishes, untrimmed edges are foxed.  Binding is cracked at back cover, otherwise secure.  Interior is very nice, bright and very legible.  Very scarce in commerce.  Condition is overall Very Good. 

The Hungarian prelate Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod (1863-1948, born Péter Vay) shares his personal journeys through four major Asian and Eurasian empires during a time of intense political and social transition.  Vay includes vivid descriptions of and encounters with the rulers Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the Empress Dowager of China, and the Emperor of Korea.  Additionally, in his role as a Catholic monsignor, Vay documents the work of Catholic missions, local churches, and charitable institutions in the Far East.  

First Edition.  Published in New York by E.P. Dutton and Company and in London by John Murray.

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