Language: English
Published by Berkeley,LA, London. 1976. Univ. of California Press, 1976
ISBN 10: 0520029283 ISBN 13: 9780520029286
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
green & yellow illustrated trade paperback soft cover 8vo. fine cond. binding square & tight. spine uncreased. covers clean with a little rubbing along the edges, crease on rear. edges clean. a few pages have tiny wrinkles at the bottom corner (were bent), otherwise contents free of markings. first edition. first printing (NAP). . nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~.xxi+312p. b&w illustrations. chinese literature. chinese history. folklore. mythology.~ The Peach Blossom Fan is a poetic drama about national cataclysm. More than 300 years ago the Ming dynasty, the last native Chinese imperial house, fell before rebel onslaughts, made a short~lived attempt at restoration in the south, then yielded finally to the invading Manchus. Writing in the 1690s, K'ung Shang~jen was able to gather the recollections of survivors. Out of these and a multitude of documentary accounts he constructed a great historical play in the elegant southern Chinese style. Plays in this style ran to great length, but with his rich content K'ung Shang~jen is never dull. With compelling vividness he recreates confrontations between loyalists and those who would sell out to the newest master; nostalgic scenes of dalliance in riverside pavilions, with wine and poetry and beautiful girls; desperate stands on battlements of beleaguered cities; moving rituals of commemoration for the lost imperium. K'ung's personae include gallant generals and sycophantic ministers, court musicians and singing~girls, and a pair of appealing young lovers. He contrives no facile ending, but imbues his stirring action with overtones of the rich philosophy of quietism. The Peach Blossom Fan has been a play more often read than performed in China in recent decades. The explicit stage directions and evocative nature of the arias themselves (no sets were used on the traditional Chinese stage) combine to make reading an unusually satisfying experience. Sir Harold Acton, who collaborated with the late S. H. Chen in making this translation, has captured in his lively English the spirit and nuances of the original. Prefatory materials and notes provide both historical and dramaturgical background information for the Occidental reader's full enjoyment of this masterpiece.
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 9/9/2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014293111 ISBN 13: 9781014293114
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Art of Painting in Oyl: Wherein is Included Each Particular Circumstance Relating to That Art and Mystery: Containing the Best and Most Approv. Book.
Published by moody, 1974
Seller: forest primeval, Cherry tree, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
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Language: English
Published by Palala Press 3/2/2018, 2018
ISBN 10: 1378984196 ISBN 13: 9781378984192
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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. An Enquiry Into the Power of Dispensing With Penal Statutes: Together With Some Animadversions Upon a Book Writ by Sir Edw. Herbert . Entituled, A S. Book.
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 9/9/2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 101428810X ISBN 13: 9781014288103
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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Aaron's Rod Blossoming, or, The Divine Ordinance of Church Government Vindicated . Book.
Condition: New.
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 9/9/2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1013545699 ISBN 13: 9781013545696
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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. An Enquiry After Happiness: in Three Parts; 3. Book.
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Language: English
Published by Naval and Military Press, 2015
ISBN 10: 1474506526 ISBN 13: 9781474506526
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
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Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09-09, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014254825 ISBN 13: 9781014254825
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014818710 ISBN 13: 9781014818713
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Language: English
Published by London & Emmaus, 1955
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: FINE. First printing. A story taken from a book originally published in Madrid in 1621 by this dramatist, poet and Catholic monk, and here "freely translated from the Spanish" by Ilsa Barea and illustrated by Arthur Wragg. Includes an introduction by Arturo Barea. xii, 72 pp. Fine in brown cloth with black and gilt panel and title on the spine, decoration on front cover, in a cream wraparound band in a very good black slipcase (some rubbing to the corners of the slipcase.).
Language: Spanish
Published by Espasa-Calpe, Madrid, 1972
Seller: Librería Raíces, Alicante, Spain
Rústica. Condition: Buena. 3Ş edic. en Austral, nş 442.
Language: Spanish
Published by EDAF, Madrid, 1980
Seller: Librería Raíces, Alicante, Spain
Rústica. Condition: Bueno. 234pp/ Biblioteca Edaf de Bolsillo, nş 74/ A-038.
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09, 2021
ISBN 10: 101424837X ISBN 13: 9781014248374
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Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014828813 ISBN 13: 9781014828811
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Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014293111 ISBN 13: 9781014293114
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Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014699185 ISBN 13: 9781014699183
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