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Trade Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1974 Trade Paperback. 282 pp. "Pan Ku's celebrated and influential has been a model for dynastic history since its appearance in the first century A.D. The narrative is rich in detail and characterized by purity and economy of style. Covering the period from 206 B.C. to A.D. 23, the work consists of annals, chronological tables, treatises, and biographies, the last of which often include excepts from writings by the subjects of the biographies. Burton Watson has translated ten chapters from the biography section, including the lives of imperial princes, generals, officials, and some lesser figures: a court jester, wandering knights, court ladies, and concubines. All the chapters have been selected for their literary interest and their influence on Chinese literature and culture." CONTENTS: Introduction; Translator's Note; The Biographies of Li Kuang and Su Chien; The Biographies of the Five Sons of the Emperor Wu; The Biography of Tung-Fang Shuo; The Biographies of Yang Wang-Sun, Hu Chien, Chu Yun, Mei Fu, and Yun Ch'ang; The Biographies of Ho Kuang and Chin Mi-Ti; The Biographies of Chuan Pu-I, Shu Kuang, Yu Ting-Kuo, Hsueh Kuang-Te, P'eng Hsuan; The Biographies of Wei Hsiang and Ping Chi; The Biography of Hsiao Wang-Chih; The Biographies of the Wandering Knights; Accounts of the Families Related to the Emperors by Marriage (Excerpts).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First edition. Cloth with dust jacket. About fine in about fine dust jacket. Acquisition note in pencil (ordered from Columbia University Press) by former private owner. Pan Ku lived and worked in the first century AD during the span of the Later Han Dynasty. The Chinese title of the work is Han Shu. ISBN B0231037651.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Larger book, fine brown cloth, yellow lettering very fine on spine, 282 lightly browned pages and catalogs. DJ glossy beneath mylar with look of an antique painting on front, spine and back. DJ has very tiny nicks along top inside back flap. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good- in wrappers. Tear at rear panel.; 8.82 X 5.83 X 0.71 inches; 282 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo.very good in very good D.J.(H28/0).