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THE PEACH BLOSSOM FAN (Tao~Hua~Shan) . Translated From The Chinese By Chen Shih~Hsiang And Harold Acton With The Collaboration Of Cyril Birch
Language: English
Published by Berkeley,LA, London. 1976. Univ. of California Press, 1976
ISBN 10: 0520029283 ISBN 13: 9780520029286
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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.
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Kitchin's Post-chaise Companion, Through England and Wales
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Kitchin's Post-chaise Companion, Through England and Wales: Containing All the Ancient and New Additional Roads, With Every Topgraphical Detail Relati (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 9/9/2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 101354529X ISBN 13: 9781013545290
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Kitchin's Post-chaise Companion, Through England and Wales: Containing All the Ancient and New Additional Roads, With Every Topgraphical Detail Relati. Book.
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An Oration: Delivered Before the Linonian Society of Yale College, at Its Centennial Anniversary, With an Account of the Celebration
Language: English
Published by HardPress Publishing, 2018
ISBN 10: 0461499231 ISBN 13: 9780461499230
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Condition: very_good. This book is in Very Good condition. The cover and pages have minor shelf wear. Binding is tight and pages are intact.
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A Treatise on Mental Derangement: Containing the Substance of the Gulstonian Lectures for May, 1822 (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 9/9/2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014514703 ISBN 13: 9781014514707
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A Treatise on Mental Derangement: Containing the Substance of the Gulstonian Lectures for May, 1822. Book.
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Dover Edition. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Physical description; unnumbered pages ; (chiefly illustrations) ; 31 cm. Notes; "Unabridged and unaltered republication of the third ed. published by the author in London in 1762." Subjects; Furniture England ; Early works to 1800. Decoration and ornament Chippendale style ; Early works to 1800. Furniture. Decoration and ornament Chippendale style. Chippendale furniture. Furniture. Furniture England History 18th century. Furniture design. English furniture : eighteenth century. Genre; Illustrated. 3 Kg.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages and DJ are clean and free from markings or creases. Binding is tight. BP/Furniture.
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An Account of the Life of the Reverend David Brainerd, Minister of the Gospel; Missionary to the Indians From the Honourable Society, in Scotland, for (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 9/10/2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1015166229 ISBN 13: 9781015166226
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. An Account of the Life of the Reverend David Brainerd, Minister of the Gospel; Missionary to the Indians From the Honourable Society, in Scotland, for. Book.
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Practical Observations on the Action of Morbid Sympathies: as Included in the Pathology of Certain Diseases: in a Series of Letters to His Son, on His (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 9/9/2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 101394240X ISBN 13: 9781013942402
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