Yuan Mei - Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet.
by WALEY, Arthur
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Allen and Unwin, London., 1956. First edition. Octavo. 227 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Yuan Mei. The biography contains numerous translations of the poet's verse and prose.Small ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Small snag at head of spine. Near fine in very good, slightly nicked dustwrapper faintly darkened at the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WALEYART008021
- Title
- Yuan Mei - Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet.
- Author
- WALEY, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- George Allen and Unwin, London.
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- china chinese
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Dustwrapper
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- Fine
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- Spine
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