China.- Teichman (Eric) and H.Prideaux-Brune. Text-Book of Documentary Chinese...for the use of Student Interpreters, H.B.M. Legation, Peking, first edition, one of 200 copies, P.D. Coates's copy with his pencil signature and underlinings & annotations to text, original blue cloth, a little rubbed and faded, mark to upper cover, 8vo, [?Peking], [1926].

⁂ Rare official publication marked "Confidential. This book is the property of His Britannic Majesty's Government" to head of title and published in an edition of 200 copies only. The contents are a collection of documents and correspondence, each with notes on Chinese words and phrases relevant to official government and diplomatic roles. Eric Teichman (1884-1944) was better known for his travels as a "secret" agent in Central Asia. In the preface he credits another enigmatic character, Sir Edmund Backhouse, as aiding in the selection and translation of certain parts of the collection.

Not recorded by Library Hub; WorldCat cites only one copy (University of Alberta, Canada).

Patrick Devereux Coates (1916-1991) was an official in the Chinese Consular Service from 1937, serving in Peking, Canton, and Kunming before being promoted to Acting Chinese Secretary to the British Embassy in China from 1944 to 1946. After the war he returned to England and worked in both the Foreign Office and the Civil Service, publishing his book The China Consuls: British Consular Officers, 1843-1943 in 1988.