Importance Of Understanding

A collection of short essays translated from various Chinese authors. The selections are grouped to these headings: human life, love and death, the seasons, nature, human adjustments, women, the home and daily living, art, literature, after tea and wine, ancient wit, fools to this world, wisdom, Zen and epigrams and proverbs. Includes table of contents in the hand of the… Read more about this item

World Publishing, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. very good/very good. Octavo. 494pp. Nice copy in an edge worn dust jacket.

LoC# 60-6690 Yellow cloth covered hardcover boards with gilt lettering with author's signature on front cover and red lettering to spine. Some wear to hardcover cloth at junction of spine and front and back boards. Corner bumps and age toning to endpapers and text. Otherwise very clean, tight binding, book square. DJ has some soiling and wrinkling, general edgewear and chipping… Read more about this item

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1960. Review Copy slip laid in; A beautiful copy, with gently aged end papers, else textblock very clean and tight; Author's gilt-embossed signature stamped on front cover; Very clean yellow cloth binding, bumped slightly at the head and foot and less so to the corners; Unclipped dust jacket, moderately sunned and faded spine and… Read more about this item

Heinemann, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. 494 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Book has a slight smoky odour. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed.… Read more about this item

Heinemann 1961. first edition, hardcover octavo (VG+) , d/w has been price clipped (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 cost

The World Publishing Company, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Cleveland: World. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1960. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Few spots/light soil on jacket; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 494 pages .

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Yellow covers. Top edge purple. 8vo, 494 pages, plus a 9 page list of the titles and authors of the selections in this book, in the hand of Lin Yutang. Spine & top of the front cover lightly faded. … Read more about this item

Ohio: The World Publishing Company, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. stated 1st edition, bound in yellow cloth, some back board gutter wea, wrapped in edge worn dust jacket, missing 1/4" of jacket along top edge of spine, small edge tears along bottom of spine some staining on back jacket and spine, pages clean.… Read more about this item

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.