Twilight in the Forbidden City - Recently republished 4th edition and illustrated. Excellent restoration of this magnificent book. A must read!
Peking by Juliet Bredon a fascinating description of the city of Beijing written in the 1920's -tells of all the change coming and the temples and culture of the day.
and the others by Johnston - Buddhist China, and Peking to Mandalay!
All these books are available at Amazon.com
Any other books anyone would recommend?
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