LINTY1 Ling, Princess Der: TWO YEARS IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY. New York, 1911. xiii, 383 pp. 19 plates. 22x15 cm. Cloth, stained, weak in binding. GBP 55.00 The First Lady-in-Waiting to the Empress Dowager served at the Manchu court and reveals here her impressions of the life in the Imperial palace. First edition, ex-lib and generally good but a little shaky in binding. Book plate of Frederick Wells William. Subjects: Biography Item 409 in List 203. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.