Waley arthur tsl (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. first edn; 8vo Pictorial paper covered boards with black lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Noticeable foxing to text block edges. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal tanning. PO stamps to fep Ow VG/ndj: 118pp.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stUSedn; 8vo natural grain Wood veneer over illus boards with red cloth spine, black spine titles; Corners bumped & rubbed, gilt on spine sl faded, Ded & name on fnt fly; ow VG/ndj: xxvii, 371pp. A condensed one volume trans of Chinese erotic classic: "Hung Lou Meng" aka Story of the Stone; A popular novel written in, and set in, the 18th century (Qing dynasty) about conflicts undermining a sizable household, their rise and fall, contrasted alongside their loyalties to, and their plots against, one another, a microcosm that often mirrors most other extended families of premodern times. Scarce.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stedn; First Edition 8vo, Blue cloth over boards, silver spine titles, gilt titles rubbed and dimmed ow VG/ndj: 273pp plus 3pp advertising,With Afterwords, Appendices, Notes, Index. Mostly first translations by Arthur Waley of Chinese stories from to 5th to 10th century. 26 specimens of popular literature found nearly 100 years ago in a sealed-up cave at Tunhuang. ASSOCIATION=signed "Larry Thompson" with his red stamped chinchar chop to titlepg; Laurence Graham Thompson was a prof of East Asian Languages at Univ So CA in late 1900s; he was a famous sinologist known best for his introductory textbooks to Chinese religions, eg. Chinese Religion: An introduction (1969 plus many rev eds) and a series of extensive bibliographies on Chinese Religion in Western Languages (1970, 1980, 1990, 2000).…