translated hsiung (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Nice book, tight and square with bright covers and spine, clean unmarked interior. Sturdy binding. The price clipped jacket has edge wear, chipping and short tears, mildly sunned spine.

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.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. The Romance of the Western Chamber(A Chinese Play Written in the Thirteenth Century) by Hsi Hsiang Chi, Translated by S. I. Hsiung, and With a Preface by Gordon Bottomley, was published by Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York, in 1936. This 5" X 7 3/8", 281-page, 77-year-old offering is an ex-library copy in G+ condition. Still physically firm and sound for its 77 years, there is some modest yellowing of pages of text as well as some staining from original glue of endpapers front and back. Library markings are, surprisingly, scarce. But for a Dewey decimal assignation near the bottom of the book's spine, the only other mentionable is an approximately 2 1/2" X 5 3/4" front inside flap from this volume's AWOL dust jacket, attached/centered on the front loose end page. From said flap, "A remarkably fine example of the traditional Chinese drama as well as beautiful and artistic literature, 'The Western Chamber' is adapted into English by an accomplished scholar. In China it is regarded as THE play--an exquisite love story--and has run literally into thousands of editions. .The characters are vividly and firmly drawn, particularly Ying-Ying's inimitable maid, who is one of the most delightful creatures one has met in fiction. It is a beautiful story, enchantingly told." The theme of this play is based upon a short story written by one Yuan Cheng, a poet from the eighth century, translator S.I. Hsiung relates in his/her Preface, and the story was generally believed by most scholars to be a good deal auto-biographical in origin. It concerns a young man, Chang, in his early twenties, and the incredibly beautiful, enigmatic, 17-year-old Ying-Ying. Chang has occasion to actually save the lives of Ying-Ying, her mother, and her brother by being "in good " with a particularly vindictive, brutal military ruler who would have otherwise done away with Ying-Ying's family. When her mother orders her to present herself to Chang and offer her thanks and gratitude, he is overwhelmed immediately--he will never be the same. You soon learn that the visually stunning Ying-Ying also possesses a very, very sharp tongue, and the battle of the sexes is soon underway--but not in the way you might think. This is one of the strangest, most bewildering love affairs you will ever be witness to--I'll leave it to you to analyze and dissect same. SPECIAL NOTE: There are no less than 10 black and white Line Drawings, each of which spans two adjoining pages, all done in a delicate, Oriental style/manner, throughout the book--each captioned with appropriate/ applicable lines from text. Also included are Contents Pages, (List of) Illustrations, and an EXTREMELY HELPFUL Appendix("The Story of Ts'ui Ying-Ying" by Yuan Cheng). This is, indeed, a most unusual, quite captivating story and book. Thanks!!

Condizione: Fair. 1935. First Edition. 280 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Rough cut pages. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Type: Book pp VIII, 409. 1st printing. DJ shows wear with chipping and loss to head of spine and extremities. Book internally fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. This is a Chinese play written in the THIRTEENTH CENTURY, translated by S.I. HSIUNG , in china where it was regarded as THE PLAY , it was banned until recently ,by the authorities as an obscene work , because there is an intimate scene describing the meeting of the lovers, this is a love story where EAST and WEST do meet. 12mo Pp, xxiii, [3], 3-281 , Original navy boards with title on spine in gold and also Chinese letters on front. Slight foxing to front and rear first pages. All illustrations correct. Dust jacket good overall book and jacket are good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very good hardback copy. Pictorial covers. xiv, 680pp. Book.

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.