ISBN10: 7119007726, ISBN13: 9787119007724, [publisher: Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, China] Hardcover Originally published in two-volume edition 1965, 1979. No dust jacket, maroon hard cover with gold embossed titles, ribbon marker, front paste-down is damaged at edge (perhaps a printer's defect) otherwise without flaw, clean and well bound. 6 X 8" 496 pages. From Emperor to Citizen is the Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, born in Peking 1906. The closing paragraph reads: "'Man' was the first word I learnt to read in my first reader the Three Character Classic, but I had never understood its meaning before. Only today, with the Communist Party and the policy of remoulding criminals, have I learnt the significance of this magnificent word and become a real man." Illustrated throughout with glossy black/white photographs.
[PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 1989]