James legge trans ed (9 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. NO Dustwrapper. The Sacred Books of the East Series Volumes XXXIX & XL (2 Volumes) The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Taoism Parts I & II. Series Translated by Various Oriental Scholars and Edited by F. Max Muller. Explained with extensive notes. Volumes XXXIX & XL. Part 1: The Tao Teh King of Lao Tzu, Writings of Kwang-3ze (Books I-XVII); Part 2: The Writings of Kwang-3ze, (Books XVIII-XXXIII), The Thai-Shang Tractate of Actions and their Retributions, Appendices I-VIII. Translations of many of these lesser writings were hitherto not found elsewhere. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, India 1977 & 1976. I: xxii + 396; II: viii + 340pp hb No Dust-wrappers, two volumes, covers slightly rubbed, Part I front hinge split, 8 pages lose. Part II (Part VI misprinted on cover): front cover damp damaged. Parts I & II: small stains inside covers & eps, pages browned, previous owner's signature, good. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Just a slight rub to head of spine, o/w Fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Original first edition. Octavo,22*14.5 cm, xxiv, 448 pp, plus 40 pages of adverts. Volume XVI of the Sacred Books of the East series. Ex-library with usual library markings. Ex-library rebound with original spine laid on. Edges of a few pages chipped, a couple of pages repaired with tape. Edges and folds of the 3 folding plates repaired on verso. COMPLETE with all pages, plates and adverts. Firm binding.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo,22.8*15.4 cm, xxiv, 448 pp, plus 40 pages of adverts. Volume XVI of the Sacred Books of the East series. Bound in original brown cloth with gilt lettering. Extremities of spine chipped. Firm binding, clean pages. Ex-library with only a couple of library markings.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good- in a Very Good dust jacket. Library card holder and sticker on FEP. Library stamp on rear pastedown. Damp staining on first few pages. Shelfwear along panel edges.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879, 1879 First edition. Octavo,21.5*14.3cm, xxx,492p. Volume III of the Sacred Books of the East series. 1 large folding table. Rebound in buckram, ex-lib, last 2 pages chipped along edges. 1st Edition. Good/No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879, 1879 Original first edition. Octavo,21.5*14.3cm, xxx,492pp. Volume III of the Sacred Books of the East series. 1 large folding table. Rebound in buckram, water stains to book edge, internal pages clean and complete. 1st Edition. Good/No Jacket. …

Hardback. Condizione: Good Only. First edition. A very scarce annotated translation of history of Fa-hien's travels to medieval India, from the library of reputable American art historian, A. B. Griswold. First edition. Very scarce. Translated and annotated by James Legge "with a corean recension of the Chinese text"; this is bound to precede the English translation in this copy. Illustrated with a folding sketch map of Fa-hien's travels and eight plates. Collated, lacking plate no. VI. Lacking title page and page 123, the final page to the index. Date and imprint found from a copy held by Hathi Trust. Preface is also dated 1886. Of the Chinese text, missing A2-A3, and F2-F3. With one leaf not included in Hathi Trust's copy to the front of the work, laid down to the verso of the front endpaper. The famous account of the pilgrimage taken on foot by Chinese Buddhist monk Fa-hien to medieval India to acquire Buddhist scriptures. The journet and return took from 399 to 412, with 10 years spent in India. This copy previously owned by Alexander Brown Griswold (1907-1991), an American art historian known for his work in Thai art history and epigraphy. Born into an established banking family of Baltimore, he became acquainted with Thailand while serving in the army during World War II, and developed an interest in the country's history and culture, thereafter dedicating himself to the study of its history and archaeology. Bythe 1960s he had become recognized as an expert authority on Thai traditional art, particularly in the area of sculpture. In blue cloth-backed boards, with the backstrip detached and loosely inserted. Externally, worn, with joints tender and major loss to the backstrip. Dark spots and marks to the boards. Head of backstrip lifting. Two small bookplates to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages with worming throughout, though generally bright and clean, with the occasional spot or handling mark. Good Only. Not Stated (illustratore). book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879, 1879 First edition. Octavo,22.8*16cm, xxx,492p.Ex-library with usual treatments.Volume III of the Sacred Books of the East series. Bound in original brown cloth with gilt lettering. Library label removal remnants on lower spine and front pastedown, extremities of spine worn and chipped. Front hinge cracked but binding secure, pages lightly toned but firm. 1st Edition. Good/No Jacket.…