Clement egerton translator (19 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. unabridged edition. 1279 pages. 8.00x5.00x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. unabridged edition. 1279 pages. 8.00x5.00x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. unabridged edition. 1279 pages. 8.00x5.00x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover (Original Red Cloth). Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Thus. Jin Ping Mei (Chinese: é'ç" æ¢)â"translated into English as The Plum in the Golden Vase or The Golden Lotusâ"is a Chinese novel of manners composed in vernacular Chinese during the latter half of the 16th century during the late Ming dynasty (1368â"1644). Consisting of 100 chapters, it was published under the pseudonym Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng (èéµç 'ç 'ç"), "The Scoffing Scholar of Lanling," but the only clue to the actual identity is that the author hailed from Lanling County in present-day Shandong. The novel circulated in manuscript as early as 1596, and may have undergone revision up to its first printed edition in 1610. The most widely read recension, edited and published with commentaries by Zhang Zhupo in 1695, deleted or rewrote passages important in understanding the author's intentions. he explicit depiction of sexuality garnered the novel a notoriety akin to Lady Chatterley's Lover and Lolita in the West, but critics such as the translator David Tod Roy see a firm moral structure which exacts retribution for the sexual libertinism of the central characters. We also have for sale Volume 3 in a matching edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. v + 375. 4-volume set (complete). Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Chinese Literature; Novels; Chinese Classics; China; 16th Century; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 5064.…

Hardcover (Original Red Cloth). Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Thus. Jin Ping Mei (Chinese: é'ç" æ¢)â"translated into English as The Plum in the Golden Vase or The Golden Lotusâ"is a Chinese novel of manners composed in vernacular Chinese during the latter half of the 16th century during the late Ming dynasty (1368â"1644). Consisting of 100 chapters, it was published under the pseudonym Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng (èéµç 'ç 'ç"), "The Scoffing Scholar of Lanling," but the only clue to the actual identity is that the author hailed from Lanling County in present-day Shandong. The novel circulated in manuscript as early as 1596, and may have undergone revision up to its first printed edition in 1610. The most widely read recension, edited and published with commentaries by Zhang Zhupo in 1695, deleted or rewrote passages important in understanding the author's intentions. he explicit depiction of sexuality garnered the novel a notoriety akin to Lady Chatterley's Lover and Lolita in the West, but critics such as the translator David Tod Roy see a firm moral structure which exacts retribution for the sexual libertinism of the central characters. We also have for sale Volume 4 in a matching edition. Renaissance 16thc to 17thc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. v + 385. 3 volumes of the 4-volume set. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Chinese Literature; Novels; Chinese Classics; China; 16th Century; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 5063.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. A SURCHARGE FOR EXPEDITED OR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING of this set of books will be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. Ming Dynasty (circa AD 1600) Chinese novel of manners, acclaimed as one of the 'six classics of Chinese Literature', satirizing upper class attitudes and morés in sexually explicit terms, though this edition offers its most explicit passages in Latin. First American edition, published in this translation 15 years earlier in England. Hardcover, four volume set as pictured, lacking the jackets. General wear, scuffs to spines, some staining, some foxing and occasional stains within, light stains to top edges; paper tanned. Text clean. A SURCHARGE FOR EXPEDITED OR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING of this set of books will be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. Seriously. It's four volumes, it's heavy, it'll cost more than twice what ABE says to ship. Size: Octavo. Set.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Four volume set with slipcase. Books showing light scratching to cover, otherwise in very good condition. Tight binding, unmarked pages, no major defects. Slipcase showing good color and strength.

Hardback. 1972, First complete translation. A complete 4 volume set with all volumes in near fine condition and only marked by a previous owners discrete blind stamp on the front free endpapers. The d/w's are also all near fine. A really lovely crisp, bright set. Scans available if required.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. Complete in four volumes. First edition thus. Each volume has a decorative book-plate (with no name on it) affixed to the front free endpaper, else all four volumes are near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An attractive, well preserved set.

Hardcover with D/J. Condizione: Like New. Near Fine. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED: Near Fine 4 Volume set, Hardcover with Dust Jacket, Clean pages, 8vo, Total Number pages for all 4 books come to 1522, Prompt Shipping with tracking.

Hard. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Second printing. Complete 4 volume set as published. Hard covers in original cloth and dust jackets. Published London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1939, second printing (1953). 8vo's, xvii+387, v+376, v+385, v+375pp. Green cloth with gilt spine titles. Some dust soiling along the top edge of page blocks, otherwise clean, unmarked. Volume 1 very good in very good dust jacket, volumes 2-4 very good plus in very good dust jackets. An attractive set.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Reprint. Good hardback copies in slightly shelfworn dustjackets. Green cloth covers. xviii, 387pp., 376., 386., & 375pp. Egerton's translation was the first English translation of this erotic Chinese novel of the Ming Dynasty. The translator was assisted by the well known novelist Lao She. This is an unexpurgated version but to avoid charges of obscenity Egerton translated the 'racy bits' into Latin. First published in 1939. POSSIBILITY OF EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES DUE TO WEIGHT. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Unexpurgated Edition. Ming Dynasty (circa AD 1600) Chinese novel of manners, acclaimed as one of the 'six classics of Chinese Literature', satirizing upper class attitudes and morés in sexually explicit terms - this edition being the first complete version in English, with earlier printings offering its most explicit passages in Latin. First English edition thus. Hardcover, four volume set in jackets, as pictured. Light wear to books, couple of corners bumped; price-clipped jackets show minor edgewear. Text clean. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this set of books will be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. Size: Octavo. Set.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover, all four volumes in dust jackets. Unmarked clean pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972 ('first complete translation')/ 1939. Octavo, four volumes, xx, 387; viii, 376; viii, 385; and viii, 375 pages. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; Volume 3 a little scuffed on the spine; an excellent set with the fine dustwrappers. The first unexpurgated English translation of this Ming Dynasty novel, famous for its frank eroticism (in earlier editions the more salacious passages were rendered in Latin). The title is now usually romanised 'Jin Ping Mei', and has also been translated as 'The Plum in the Golden Vase'. [4 items].…

4 Vols., 8vos, 387; 376; 385; 375pp. A very good hardback set bound in green cloth. Housed in card slipcase which is starting to split in a few places.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. Pearl Buck called this work "The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced." Dust jackets are slightly chipped at the edges.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. A later edition of this four volume translation of the Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei or Chin P'ing Mei. Complete in four volumes. Later edition. Jin Ping Mei or Chin P'ing Mei, translated into English as The Plum in the Golden Vase or The Golden Lotus, is a Chinese novel of manners composed in vernacular Chinese during the latter half of the sixteenth century during the late Ming dynasty. Consisting of one hundred chapters, its authorship is unknown having been published under the pseudonym Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng "The Scoffing Scholar of Lanling". The story, set during the years 1111 to 1127 of the Northern Song dynasty, centers on Ximen Qing, a corrupt social climber and lustful merchant who is wealthy enough to marry six wives and concubines. Translated by Frederic Clement Christie Egerton, an early and mid-twentieth century British travel and adventure writer best known for this work. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Light spotting to the endpapers of volumes II, III, and IV. A small cut to the front free endpaper of volume one resulting in minor loss. Very Good Indeed. None (illustratore). book.…