Published by Chelsea House/Vintage, 1978
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Owner inscription/stamp fep/flyleaf; 7.9 X 5.2 X 0.4 inches; 254 pages.
Published by Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, TN., U.S.A., 1970
ISBN 10: 0826511503 ISBN 13: 9780826511508
Seller: Stillwaters Environmental Ctr of the Great Peninsula Conservancy, Kingston, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Poetry. This book is in fine condition. The edges show some wear. The cover in worn and is torn on the bottom edge. This is a collection of Chinese lyrics mainly from Sung Dynasty poets who made this verse-form lastingly popular with the Chinese. The traditional theme is nostalgia and separation. These are early thirteenth century pieces. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education.
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Published by Chelsea House Publishers, 1965
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN Trade Paperback. Good to Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy except for address labels on front endpaper and title page, with minor rubs and creases to edges and corners of covers, slight dustsoiling and browning to edges of interior pages. No statement of later printing on copyright page.
Published by Chelsea House
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Collectible paperback in good condition with no markings in text; Previous Owner name present on front free-end page; Stored and shipped in Protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.6.
Published by Heinemann, 1976
Seller: Karen Wickliff - Books, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Hsuan, Ch'eng; Wu, Fei Ch'eng (illustrator). 94pp. Softcover, VG, index, b&w illustrations, calligraphy, Includes: The opening fold, The screen unfolds, The latest fold, Collection of Chinese Lyrics from T'ang to Mao Tse-tung,
Published by Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966
Seller: Outer Print, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lee Yim and Chang Chien Ying (illustrator). 1st Edition. Near Fine hardcover in a Very Good dust jacket. Second printing. The book is clean and bright. No markings or signs of aging. Minor sun fading along the spine of the dust jacket. Two closed tears to the dust jacket. Overall an attractive copy. 254 pp.
Published by Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965
Seller: Black Sun Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a very good condition + hard cover. Square spine, sharp corners, and is internally clean and NOT marked. The dust jacket, now enclosed in a removable mylar sleeve is price clipped at lower inside flap, but is otherwise complete. Very minor fading at spine of dust jacket. 254 pages. Translated from the Chinese by Duncan Mackintosh; Foreword by F. T. Cheng; Calligraphy by Lee Yim and on the illustrations by Chang Chien Ying; Illustrations by Fei Ch'eng Wu. SHIPS from Eugene, Oregon, USA. INTERNATIONAL orders will pay actual postage, not quoted postage. Loc: Asian poetry.
Published by Heinemann Educational Books (asia) Ltd, 1976
Seller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited, Gilmilnscroft, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Card Covers. Condition: Very Good Minus. 94pp. The original chinese text with English translation. Pictorial card covers with a tear of 3 cm to the rear card cover from the tail of the spine. Slight soiling and light shelf wear to the card covers. Internally clean and fresh. A very good copy.
Published by London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965
Seller: Abbey Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 254 pages.
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1969
Seller: Caledonia Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Edges slightly dust-stained; bookplate to front pastedown. Dustwrapper has some general minor shelfwear; also price-clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Routledge, 2023
ISBN 10: 1032195509 ISBN 13: 9781032195506
Seller: Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Germany
Condition: New.
Published by The Whittington Press, Andoversford, Gloucestershire, 1976
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Judy Ling Wong (illustrator). 1st Edition. Collection of fifteen Peking Nursery Rhymes translated by Alan Ayling and Duncan Mackintosh. Illustrations by Judy Ling Wong. Printed at The Whittington Press on cream paper with black lettering and orange drawings and decorations. Thread bound within orange outer covers. Sun fading to edges of covers which overhang the 24pp booklet inside. Shelf wear and a few tiny chips to top and lower cover edges. Small creases to top and tail of spine and also to corners of covers. Inside pages in fine condition. Now protected in an archival envelope.
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fei Ch'eng-wu (illustrator). 1st Edition. Undamaged scarlet boards and spine, the latter lettered in gilt. Unclipped peach coloured jacket lettered in black and white has a 5 mm chip to rear top edge and a few marks, especially to rear white panel. Internally trace of old pencil price to ffep, otherwise clean and tight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Routledge, 2023
ISBN 10: 1032195541 ISBN 13: 9781032195544
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Condition: New. In.
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC, 1965
ISBN 10: 0710010362 ISBN 13: 9780710010360
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated By Fei Ch'eng Wu (illustrator).
Published by White Lotus Press, Hong Kong, 1976
Seller: SEATE BOOKS, APO, AP, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj. Folding Screen, A. Book.
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965
Seller: Webster's Bookstore Cafe, Inc., State College, PA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Printing has some mild general wear, along with occasional underlining or marginalia. The previous owner's name is inscribed on the first page in upper-left corner, along with the year (1966). Original dust jacket is present, though in poor condition. It is torn and worn; colors are faded; and there is staining.
Published by Routledge, 2022
ISBN 10: 1032195495 ISBN 13: 9781032195490
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good.
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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: Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Germany
Condition: New.
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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.
Published by Whittington Press, 1974
Seller: Jason Burley, Camden Lock Books, ABA, ILAB ., London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. vii, 94 plus colophon. Number 191 of a limited edition of 200 copies handset in Caslon printed on Wookey Hole hand-made paper and signed by Alan Ayling and Duncan Mackintosh on the colophon. Top edges gilt, others uncut. 20 x 29.5 cm. Original full Chinese patterned cloth, preserved in original blue board slip case (with a few slight scuff marks). The Whittington Press has, since 1971, been printing books by letterpress, & have been printing books of exquisite quality and casting its own type as one of only a handful of Monotype shops still working, with one of the largest collections of matrices (and that is what makes it unique). WorldCat locates 73 copies in institutional libraries out of a total of 200 copies produced, leaving fewer than 120 odd copies in private hands. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Duncan Robert Mackintosh, Translator; Alan Ayling, Poet, 1960
Seller: Oriental Books, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Folio, 33.2*21*19.3cm, wt: 9kg. Original translator's manuscripts produced between 1960s and 1970s by Duncan Robert Mackintosh, bound up in 6 folio volumes: 1. Chinese Tz'u Translations [Vol. II]. 2. Drum Story & Nursery Rhymes.3. Translation Notes Vol. III and Others [I. Translation Notes (for Vol. III) "A Folding Screen". II. Translation Notes of Tz'u Unversified by Alan Ayling]. 4. Po Chu I: The Song of a Guitar; The Song of Endless Sorrow. 5. Translations of Chinese Tz'u of Mao Tze-tung for "A Folding Screen" (Printed Privately by The Whittington Press); Made with the Aid of T'ung Ping-Cheng and of Nien Ch'eng [see her letters in back flap] as Handed over to Alan Ayling for Rendering into English Verse. 6. Translations of "A Collection of Chinese Tz'u" Made with the Aid of C. K. Lam and Cheng Hsi as Handed over to Alan Ayling for Rendering into English Verse. The volumes are interleaved with extensive notes on language and line by line translation of the verses, with letters between the translator and his Chinese speaking correspondents bound in. Bookplates of Duncan Robert Mackintosh on front endpapers. Mackintosh was a distinguished translator of Chinese verses, who frequently worked with Ayling to put the English version into its final form. This shows the development and the taking shape of the translations in detail, and could well yield insights for future work on Chinese/English translation, as well as its intrinsic interest as an unusual literary archive. More photos available upon request. Signed by Illustrator(s).