Chinese Poems : First printing

Waley, Arthur (Translator)

Editore: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 1946

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True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (8s 6d). Selected from : 170 Chinese Poems, More Translations From the Chinese, The Temple and The Book of Songs. Translated by Arthur Waley. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, minor patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), one small (approx. 1cm) tear to front upper corner of spine, a few other very small (approx. 3mms) tears, patchy browning (including to spine), few small marks, the odd crease/rub to edges, little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners, browning to reverse and is in only fair condition. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with very minor pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small mark, odd small bump/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top of pages dyed green have the odd small mark/minor foxing. End-papers tanned. Occasional small mark/spot of foxing to page edges and bottoms. Previous owner's name and date in pen to front end-paper. Pages little tanned. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

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• Titolo: Chinese Poems : First printing
• Editore: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, United Kingdom
• Data di pubblicazione: 1946
• Lingua: Inglese
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Fair