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Constable & Company Ltd, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. Twelfth Printing. 41 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

Constable and Company Ltd. Hardcover. B000HJ2JFS 12th printing 1947 Constable hardcover. About Fine. Nodust jacket. . Fine. 1942.

Constable & Company Ltd, 1943. Hardcover. Good. 1943. Tenth Printing. 41 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Constable & Company Limited, London, 1942. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. introduction by author. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured title to the front panel and backstrip. A series of short Chinese poems, from before the birth of Christ. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Flecking of the book panels with Browning and scattered foxing to the textbook edges. Age toning of the pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XIV, 41, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; China; Inventory No: 0119141. .

MP3 Audio CD. Lyrics from the Chinese I. Written in b.c. 718. It is the Chinese rendering of 'the world well lost.' Possibly, as one Yen Ts'an of the thirteenth century insists, 'intended to show the error of licentious connections.' The gourd has still its bitter leaves, And deep the crossing at the ford. I wait my lord. The ford is brimming to its banks ; The pheasant cries upon her mate. My lord is late. The boatman still keeps beckoning, And others reach their journey's end. I wait my friend. II Written b.c. 826. It is inconsistent with the finest ideal of chastity that a Chinese woman should break her perpetual widowhood. Ah, let it drift, that boat of cypress wood. There in the middle of the Ho. He was my mate, And until death I will go desolate. Ah Mother ! God ! How is it that ye will not understand ? Ah, let it drift, that boat of cypress wood, There in the middle of the Ho. He was my King. I swear I will not do this evil thing. Ah Mother ! God ! How is it that ye will not understand ? III… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Lyrics from the Chinese I. Written in b.c. 718. It is the Chinese rendering of 'the world well lost.' Possibly, as one Yen Ts'an of the thirteenth century insists, 'intended to show the error of licentious connections.' The gourd has still its bitter leaves, And deep the crossing at the ford. I wait my lord. The ford is brimming to its banks ; The pheasant cries upon her mate. My lord is late. The boatman still keeps beckoning, And others reach their journey's end. I wait my friend. II Written b.c. 826. It is inconsistent with the finest ideal of chastity that a Chinese woman should break her perpetual widowhood. Ah, let it drift, that boat of cypress wood. There in the middle of the Ho. He was my mate, And until death I will go desolate. Ah Mother ! God ! How is it that ye will not understand ? Ah, let it drift, that boat of cypress wood, There in the middle of the Ho. He was my King. I swear I will not do this evil thing. Ah Mother ! God ! How is it that ye will not understand ? III… Read More

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,. Very Good. 1915. Hardcover. B008FQKJA2 . Second impression. Edge worn boards, foxing on edges, occasional foxing throughout text block, else very good in blue paper covered boards with blacl cloth along the spine. No dust jacket. .

London: Constable and Co, 1947. 12th printing". Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ (in mylar protective sleeve).. 2mo in white DJ and blue cloth boards; xiv, 41, [1] p. 21 cm. A lovely copy. Uncommon thus. // Chinese poetry -- Translations into English.

Primary Sources, Historical Collections, 2011-02-15. Paperback. Good.

London: Constable and Company , 1951. Thirteenth. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Gift inscrip. to flyleaf, dust jacket with a small closed tear nr hd of spine, price clipped, else a very sound, clean copy.

New.

London: London: Constable, 1943, 1943. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. tenth printing, 41pp, blue cloth, some brown-spotting throughout. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

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London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1947. xiv, 41pp. Royal blue buckram, gilt. Trifle foxed but no fading, wear or inscriptions.. Twelfth printing. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

No dust cover. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Book very good.

Constable & Company. hardcover octavo (VG), d/w (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

London 1925 first edition. Oxford University. tall 4to wraps. 8p . Music score. Near Fine, clean, no marks. .

Berkeley: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. third printing. Hardcover. Good +. 6 x 8 in. Black cloth spine with blue paper boards, spine label. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers clean but toned at edges, edges worn. Spine label toned and chipped. Binding tight. Text bright and unmarked, PO's name on ffep. Poet. Stax.