EMPEROR HUIZONG AND LATE NORTHERN SONG CHINA. The Politics of Culture and the Culture of Politics.

First edition, first printing. Original black boards with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm and clean, the spine with a crease down the middle. The contents, with a previous owner's inscription to the front pastedown and a penned letter "A" to the rear pastedown (both hidden by the dustwrapper flaps), are otherwise clean. Complete with the lightly rubbed and spine-faded dustwrapper that is otherwise without loss or tears.

Containing contributions from a variety of scholars of differing viewpoints, this book provides a rounded overview of many aspects culture, life and politics during Huizong's reign.