preface hsiung (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Frederick A. Stokes Company, [No date: circa 1936]. Hardcover, xvi + 240 pp.; 19 cm; Second Edition (with Author's Preface to the Second Edition dated London, January 1936; sheets printed in Great Britain by Billing and Sons Ltd., Guildford and Esher, and bound for Stokes for the United States market); illustrated with 24 plates of Chinese paintings, including the Portrait of Confucius by Ma Yuan (Sung) as frontispiece. In Acceptable condition, no dust jacket. Orange cloth-covered boards lettered in black with the Chinese title characters on the front and "THE CHINESE EYE / CHIANG YEE / STOKES" on the spine; spine cloth toned and sunned, with fraying and nicking at the head and tail and along the corner tips; slits to the cloth along the front and rear hinges at the head; moderate to heavy shelf wear overall, with bumping and creasing to edges and corners and moderate soiling and spotting to the covers. Slit cracking to the paper at the rear hinge. Binding tight. Previous owner's ink signature on the front free endpaper. Previous owner's extensive pencil study notes on the rear free endpaper (both sides) and rear pastedown, listing some sixty Chinese painters organized by dynasty (Han through Ch'ing, plus contemporary names). Pages moderately toned but otherwise unmarked, with occasional foxing through the text and heavier foxing and spotting to the endpapers and the title-page leaf.Chiang Yee (1903-1977), the Chinese-born British author best known for his Silent Traveller travel books, wrote The Chinese Eye in connection with the International Exhibition of Chinese Art at Burlington House, London, 1935-36. Intended for a Western readership, it offers a sustained interpretation of Chinese painting from inside the tradition, covering its history, its philosophical and literary grounding, its subjects, materials, and techniques. The Methuen first edition appeared in 1935; this Second Edition (Methuen 1936) was issued in the United States by Frederick A. Stokes Company using the British printed sheets. With a preface by S. I. Hsiung, author of Lady Precious Stream.Contents: I. Introduction; II. Historical Sketch; III. Painting and Philosophy; IV. Painting and Literature; V. Inscriptions; VI. Painting Subjects; VII. The Essentials; VIII. The Instruments; IX. The Species of Painting; Index I; Index II. With 24 plates including Ma Yuan's Portrait of Confucius; Ch'ao Pu-Chih's Lao Tzu Riding on an Ox; Wang Wei's Snow Scene; Fan K'uan's Travellers; Wang Shih-Ku's After the Autumn Rain; Ch'en T'ao-Fu's Lotus; P'ien Shou-Min's Wild Geese; and others.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Marking on the first blank page, remaining are unmarked and undamaged. No dust jacket so there is moderate shelf wear to outer covers.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition THUS. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1936. In English, translated by S.I. Hsiung. 1st printing of this edition (first edition THUS). With 21 illustrations. xxii, 281pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine. No additional printings listed and price of $2.00 on inner flap of DJ. Very good hardcover with good dust jacket, from a private home collection. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Light age-toning. Dust jacket has age-toned spine, rubbing/soil, and edgewear, including some small tears and a 1/4-inch chip missing from heel of spine. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Softcover. Quarto, Volume One only: 85 pages. In Good condition. Spine is black with white print. Cover is illustrated, silver print, Chinese title on front panel, English title on rear panel. Light edge wear, creasing to spine. Text block has notes in ink on front flyleaf. Illustrated: color plates. Text in Chinese and English. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized Ephemera Shelf. 1398113. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Illustrations; Color Plates (tipped-in) (illustratore). 2nd Edition. London, UK: Methuen & Company Ltd. Good+/NO DUSTJACKET. 1935. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 169pp., cover light shelf wear to edges and corners, light wrinkling of front cover cloth, lightly bumped corners and spine tips, spine lightly faded, binding very slightly askew; top edge gilded, very light scattered foxing throughout text block, otherwise pages are unmarked. .

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good DJ. Plates (illustratore). 1st Edition. Xxiii, 281 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Thus. Fine, No Wear, Gilt Brilliant, No Fading Or Stains, Small Silver Bookplate Of American Ballet Dancer Jeanne Devereaux, Who Played For The Queen In The 1930'S. Illustrated Dj, Not Price Clipped, Light Wear, A Few Small Shallow Chips And Tears, One 5/8" Closed Tear At Top Front Flap Fold.