Chinese Poems, Selected from 170 Chinese Poems, More Translations from the Chinese, the Temple and the Book of Songs
by Waley, Arthur (tr.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- F-/VG-
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1948 F-/VG-. 8vo. original green cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, printed on reverse of war surplus map, a little frayed with chipping to headcap, rear panel marked, spine and exposed edges tanned); pp. 214 (last colophon), with title page decoration. A near fine copy in a torn dustwrapper. Ex-libris writer and historian Jeremy Long (son of journalist and military historian, Gavin Long), with his ownership signature to FFE (dated 1952) and very occasional pencil notes.. Second Impression. Hard Cover. F-/VG-.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026883
- Title
- Chinese Poems, Selected from 170 Chinese Poems, More Translations from the Chinese, the Temple and the Book of Songs
- Author
- Waley, Arthur (tr.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Arthur Waley Chinese Poems Poetry Verse Bloomsbury Group Asian Literature
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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