Buscat Rene (5 results)

Claude Verrier PARIS, Éditions Alsatia [1, rue Garancière / COLMAR, Imprimerie Alsatia] - 1er trimestre 1946 - Br.19x12,5x1,3 cm - Couverture au premier plat noir illustré en blanc et jaune sur un bandeau bleu par Claude Verrier; 198 et (2) pages; hors-texte illustrés en noir par Claude Verrier. (Collection La Toison d'Or [6]). Bon état. 8 titres au catalogue. Français Livres.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1stedn; 12mo illuswraps, no longer fresh but ow VG: 198+(2)pp, full page bw illus; hors-texte illustrés en noir par Claude Verrier. fictional account of xian resistance to boxers; L'action se passe en CHINE pendant la REVOLTE DES BOXERS; p10 Vincent Tchao a xian boy sits on a wall on a beautiful June evening. He observes on his right The Xiang River [the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. The river flows generally northeast through the provinces of Guangxi and Hunan, its tributaries reaching into Jiangxi and Guangdong]; boxers attack home and he must flee; p144=Empress Cixi and foreigners and boxers= fn to report of R.P. Flachere Sous le menace des idoles; p163ff desc of Yangzi city of junks; 165 junk 18x4 meters etc desc; haulers up rapids; p189 desc Sichuan as seek grandparents; p198 allies entered peking revolt over; p199 money is mud but mianzi [face, reputation] is true gold/china, Qing dynasty, boxer rebellion, Hunan, Yangzi river, xian martyrs, xian resistance.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stedn; 12mo illuswraps, background noir. illustré en blanc et jaune sur un bandeau bleu par Claude Verrier; VG: 198 et (2) pages; hors-texte illustrés en noir par Claude Verrier. (Collectieon La Toison d'Or [6]). L'action se passe en CHINE pendant la REVOLTE DES BOXERS; p10 Vincent Tchao a xian boy is caught up in web of bandits who chase him from central Hunan up the Yangzi to Sichuan where he learns allies hve entered pekin and Boxer revolt is over. He is reunited with his mother who reminds him that "money is mud but your face/reputation is gold; story reaches sudden end with Tchao realizing only love is fecund and hate is sterile.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stedn; 12mo illuswraps, background noir. illustré en blanc et jaune sur un bandeau bleu par Claude Verrier; VG: 198 et (2) pages; hors-texte illustrés en noir par Claude Verrier. (Collectieon La Toison d'Or [6]). L'action se passe en CHINE pendant la REVOLTE DES BOXERS; p10 Vincent Tchao a xian boy is caught up in web of bandits who chase him from central Hunan up the Yangzi to Sichuan where he learns allies hve entered pekin and Boxer revolt is over. He is reunited with his mother who reminds him that "money is mud but your face/reputation is gold; story reaches sudden end with Tchao realizing only love is fecund and hate is sterile.

Condition: Used: Good. Occasion - Bon Etat - Page de garde écrite, Jauni - De Gaulle - Giraud : Dossier d'une mission (1967) - Grand Format.