Chinese Nights' Entertainment: Forty Stories Told By Almond-Eyed Folk Actors in the Romance of The Strayed Arrow
by Fielding, Henry (attributed to)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/None as Issued
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Tales told to or overheard by the author, with illustrations by Chinese artists. "The Romance of the Stray Arrow, on which the other forty stories are strung, as beads on a thread, runs through the volume to an Oriental climax." Bound in yellow cloth with silver, black, and green decorations (dragons!) and decorative lettering on front and spine. In Good condition, but slightly soiled/darkened overall--especially darkened on spine. Inside pages clean, bright, and tight. A really interesting collection of rare tales. . Cloth. Good/None as Issued. Illus. by Chinese Artists. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30853
- Title
- Chinese Nights' Entertainment: Forty Stories Told By Almond-Eyed Folk Actors in the Romance of The Strayed Arrow
- Author
- Fielding, Henry (attributed to)
- Illustrator
- Chinese Artists
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY and London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Folklore; Chinese Tales; China;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folklore; Folk Art and Culture;
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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- Tight
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- G
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