Chuang Tzu: Taoist Philosopher and Chinese Mystic
by Chuang Tzu; Herbert A. Giles (trans.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Allen and Unwin, 1961. Second Revised Edition. Hard cover. Published London: Allen and Unwin, 1926, reprinted 1961. 8vo., 335pp. Pebbled red cloth with gilt titles. some loss at the crown, light wear at heel and tips, several pages have underlining/notations, previous owner name on f/l. Very good, clean, tightly bound. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009843
- Title
- Chuang Tzu: Taoist Philosopher and Chinese Mystic
- Author
- Chuang Tzu; Herbert A. Giles (trans.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Allen and Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Far East; Religion;
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The Wild Muse
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...