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  First Edition of No Feast Lasts Forever; Inscribed by Madame Wellington to Ambassador Henry Taylor

  MADAME WELLINGTON [OEI HUI-LAN],.

  No Feast Lasts Forever.

  New York: Quadrangle , 1975.

  First edition of the autobiography of the First Lady of China. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "I have the good fortune to be a friends of the 2 famous couple Amb. and Mrs. Henry Taylor who like my book New York May 10 1976 Huilan Koo." The recipient, Henry Junior Taylor was an economist, author, radio broadcaster and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland He served as a foreign correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain in the early years of World War II. After the war, Taylor hosted the General Motors-sponsored radio program Your Land and Mine, on which he was known for his conservative commentary. Taylor was a columnist for the United Feature Syndicate after serving as Ambassador. He authored several nonfiction books, including An American Speaks His Mind and It Must Be a Long War, and a novel, The Big Man. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by A. Peschcke. Color photograph by Elizabeth Gee. Written with Isabella Toves. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.

  Price: $1,800.00     Item Number: 144114

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