Hard Cover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. FAIR, NO JACKET; 694 pages; Revised American Edition; "A Chinese-English Pocket Dictionary and Index to the Character Cards of the College of Chinese Studies" Cover somewhat worn; contents clean and tight.
Editore: Harvard Univ. Press, 1942
Da: The Book Corner, Beaverton, OR, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Cover edges and corners in good shape. Spine is tight. Penciled markings on side edges Pages may have light penciled notes, no markings, or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.
Da: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
Shanghai 1960, Harvard Univ. Black cloth, very good, 696p., 11 x 17 cm., radical index, stroke index,5th & best edition, veru solid & firm example, revised American edition. . *** **** *** . . . A STANDARD & OLD CLASSIC DICTIONARY & LEXICON . . . ON THE STUDY OF MANDARIN CHINESE . * A most useful resource, with a list of radicals, colloquial names of radicals, phonetic index, table of Pekingese initial & final sounds, standards of pronunciation, styles of pronunciation & tones. . An abstract of Chinese dynasties, list of Ming & Ch'ing dynasty Emperors, twelve horary characters, sexagenary cycle-table, table of rhymes for days of month, appellations for the lunar months, 24 solar terms, list of surnames not to be found in the 5000 characters, provinces with archaic names and capitals, capitals under different dynasties, weights & measures, numerals & ordinal numbers. . With an alphabetical index with definitions & phrases, radical index & numerical list of radicals. . Highly useful to students, with a list of radicals, arranged by alphabetical order of Chinese sounds. . Showing Chinese characters, their radical, number, English meaning, accent, or if it is a surname, and the card group. With a numerical list of radicals. . An invaluable resource. . *** TITLE & SUB-TITLE VARIATIONS: . The 1960 Cambridge, Harvard University Press edition states title & subtitle as: THE FIVE THOUSAND DICTIONARY AND INDEX TO THE CHARACTER CARDS OF THE COLLEGE OF CHINESE STUDIES, CALIFORNIA COLLEGE IN CHINA, ORIGINALLY COMPILED BY COURTENAY H. FENN, M.A., D.D. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MR. CHIN HSIEN TSENG. . REVISED AMERICAN EDITION. BASED ON THE FIFTH PEKING EDITION, WHICH INCLUDED ADDITIONS AND REVISIONS BY GEORGE D. WILDER, B.A., D.D. AND MR. CHIN HSIEN TSENG. . ***.