Published by Vanderbilt University Press, 1970
ISBN 10: 0826511503 ISBN 13: 9780826511508
Seller: Karen Wickliff - Books, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Cheng Hsuan; Fei Ch'eng-Wu (illustrator). 272pp. Hardback, DJ has minor chips and tears along edges, owner name on front end page, index, appendices, bilingual, Collection of Chinese lyrics and poems,
Published by Whittington Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0950215945 ISBN 13: 9780950215945
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Signed
hardback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Ch'eng Hsuan; Fei Ch'eng Wu (illustrator). Limited Edition. hardback, 11 1/2" x 8", bound in floral cloth with paper title to spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, printed on rough-trimmed hand-made paper in an edition limited to 200 copies of which this is numbered 125. Signed by both poet and translator on limitation page. A near fine tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and house din a blue paper covered slipcase, illustrated throughout by Fei Ch'eng Wu with calligraphy by Ch'eng Hsuan, vii + 94pp. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Routledge, 2022
ISBN 10: 1032195533 ISBN 13: 9781032195537
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 294 pages. 9.18x6.12x0.87 inches. In Stock.
Published by The Whittington Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0950215945 ISBN 13: 9780950215945
Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Fine. Ch'eng Hsuan; Fei Ch'eng Wu (illustrator). 1st edn. ~Full pictorial cloth with design of birds, beasts, and flowers to boards. Title label printed in blue to spine, very slightly marked. Very small (c. 1cm across) manufacturer's flaw or abrasion to cloth on spine. Folio (20.2 x 29.3cm). Top edges gilt, other edges deckled. Marbled endpapers by the Compton Press. With original deep blue paper covered slipcase in Near Fine condition, very minor crease near base. Title page printed in blue & black. Parallel English and Chinese texts, with Chinese calligraphy by Ch'eng Hsuan and English translations versified by Alan Ayling from translations by Duncan MacKintosh in collaboration with T'ung Ping-Cheng. Illustrated throughout by Fei Ch'eng Wu. Notes and index to rear. One of a limited edition of 200 copies printed by John & Rosalind Randle and Charles Lowndes at the Whittington Press, of which this is no. 100. Signed by both Alan Ayling and Duncan MacKintosh on colophon. Printed in Caslon type on Wookey Hole handmade paper and bound by Hunter & Foulis, Edinburgh, using cloth supplied by celebrated textile firm Warner and Sons. A very attractive early edition from the Whittington Press, from the first year of its full-time operation. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. Size: viii, 94, (1)pp. Signed by translators. Binding sound, text unmarked.
Published by The Whittington Press, Gloucestershire, 1974
First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Ch'eng Hsuan; Fei Ch'eng Wu (illustrator). First edition. An exceptionally lovely copy of this signed Limited Edition collection of Chinese verses, translated into English and illustrated throughout. Number one-hundred and twenty of two-hundred copies produced, signed by Alan Ayling and Duncan Mackintosh. Ayling rendered the poems into verso, from Mackintosh's English language translation.Illustrated throughout by Fei Ch'eng Wu, with Chinese calligraphy by Ch'eng Hsuan.A wonderful collection of Chinese poetry and verse, arranges into sections covering the T'ang Dynasty, Five Dynasties, Sung Dynasty, Southern Sung Dynasty, and the Ch'ing Dynasty.Beautifully bound in Chinese patterned cloth, and housed in the original slip case. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with paper covered slip case. Externally, fine. Slip case in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. signed by author. book.