Chiung Shu (46 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if youâre not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund. Ships via media mail.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 6"x9"; 232 pages; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Contains the following: "Preface" by Anne C. Carver; "Three Generations of Taiwan's Contemporary Writers: A Critical Introduction" by Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang; "Shame, Amah!" by Eileen Chang; "Candle" by Lin Hai-yin; "The Chignon" by Ch'i Chun; "A Pair of Socks with Love" by P'an Jen-mu; "In Liu Village" by Yu Li-hua; "Chairman Mao Is a Rotten Egg" by Ch'en Jo-hsi; "Vase" by Ou-yang Tzu; "The Ritual of the Clay Idol" by Shih Shu-ch'ing; "Flower Season" by Li Ang; "A Woman Like Me" by Hsi Hsi; "The Mulberry Sea" by Yuan Ch'iung'-ch'iung; "Two Very Short Stories by Ai Ya; "The Aftermath of the Death of a Junior High Coed" by Hsiano Sa; "Journey to Mount Bliss" by Chiang Hsiao-yun; "Can One Read Cross-culturally?" by Ann C. Carver.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used Very Good. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used Very Good. Front and back covers have wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with edge or corner wear. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.

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Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition first edition paperback. Covers lightly marked and worn with creasing and minor damage to the spine. Light foxing to textblock with main text in good clean condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book has light rubbing to covers and corners, a small 0.5 inch chip to page "ix", and gentle toning and slight wrinkling to pages. Otherwise, the book is in very good condition with strong binding and clean, bright, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library with the usual labeling. Well-read but clean.

Interimsbroschur. Condition: gut. 40 S., 21 cm, Bibliotheksexemplar, Einband leicht staubig. Sprache: deu.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 118 pp. Original orange cloth covers, moderately soiled and lightly rubbed. Spine darkened; spine ends lightly frayed. Note and newspaper article about Cardinal John J. Wright taped to front blank endpapers. Illust. w/ 3 tipped-in color plates, and 5 b/w plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Classic account of this famous personality in Chinese History.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

first edition 104pp ills.[col.] VG (black cloth w.paper title label to spine,soiled and mod.rubbed,bumps and chipping to extrems.,sl.sunned,title label browned and sl.chipped,paste action to eps,owner's sign.to ffep,sl.to mod.foxing of contents but plates generally clean,untrimmed edges sl.soiled,spare title label tipped-in to rfep,sl.cocked).

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Edition Unstated. SHU CHIUNG. Chao Chun, Beauty in Exile, Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1934.Octavo, priority unknown here, pp. xvi, 169, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, mounted color plates, vignette chapter titles, gift inscription on free front endpaper. Retells a classic tragedy of the Brilliant Lady.Condition of this book:Light rubbing at edges, inside clean, overall near fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; China; 1920s; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55287.

Soft cover. Condition: Vg+. Later Printings. 3 Volumes in softcover. Slipcase is a little bumped and bruised but the individual volumes are excellent. No names or marks in text. Classics in modern Chinese romance literature: Hsi Shih. Beauty of Beauties - Chao Chun. Beauty in Exile - Yang Kuei-Fei. The Most Famous Beauty of China.

Traduit de l'anglais par Magdeleine Cluzel. Broché. In-12 (19x14 cm). 221 pages. Avec une préface de Li Yu Ying. 8 planches hors-texte. Envoi du traducteur. Exemplaire non massicoté (vagues rousseurs) bon état.

Paris, G.P Maisonneuve, 1939 . In-12 carr broché de 221 pages, planches hors texte. Traduit de l'anglais par Magdeleine Cluzel, avec une préface de Li Yu Ying recteur de l'Académie Nationale de Peiping. Versions rythmiques de Guillot de Saix. Avec envoi. Très légères rousseurs pales et début et fin d'ouvrage. Livres.

weicher Einband. Obr. 40 S. Inaugural-Dissertation. 67 gr.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj. Yang Kuei-Fei. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. presumed 1st Edition. First Edition. Colored frontispiece and two colored plates with tissue-guards. Dustjacket with colored illustration laid down on front.Jacket in plastic protector, There is small minor nibbling Upper rear corner affecting the plastic, jacket and corner of back board. Two gift inscriptions on ffep, one dated 1929, one dated 1984.The 1929 is signed by Julia Bonafield who was a missionary in China for 50 years.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 16mo, Blue cloth with gilt lettering on front. xvii,102pp. illustrated 4 plates.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, cloth backed pictorial boards, lettered black to the spine which is rubbed at head and foot, gatherings lightly pulled but stitching in place. Light marginal soiling, signature of a previous owner to the front pastedown, the body of text is unmarked. Tissue guarded colour plates, b&w plates, xvii + 102pp. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Orange cloth boards with black and red stamped lettering and black illustration. xv, 116 pp. Mounted color frontispiece. BW illustrations and tipped in color plates. This book tells the story of the most artful of the four famous beauties of China. VG- corner bumping and edge wear, binding a bit loose, spine slightly darkened.

8vo, pp. xvi, 168; frontispiece and eight plates; blue publisher's cloth; light edgewear, contemporary gift inscription on free endpaper to Ruth Bixby Stevens, daughter of the collector and railway man William K. Bixby, from the Pallins (?); very good, with front panel of dust jacket laid in.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 148. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1924 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 148.

Condition: Très bon état. petit in-8, demi-chagrin miel, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre, tête dorée, couvertures et dos conservés, 221 pp., 8 planches en noir hors-texte. Bonne édition imprimée sur alfa Navarre. Très bon exemplaire, dans une belle reliure signée de Jean Raymond.

First Edition. Coloured frontispiece and two coloured plates all with tissue-guards, two black and white illustrations. Original dustjacket with coloured illustration laid down as published, a few small closed tears to the wrappers, prior owner's chop front free endpaper, else a near fine copy, exceptionally clean and bright. Xviii + 102pp, appendix. 23 x 15cm. "The material for the present volume is gathered from the standard Chinese works as well as data obtained from the "Biography of Li Po" and from a poem by Po Chui entitled , 'The Everlasting Wrong'." From the preface.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Tall 8vo. Pp. (xviii), 102. With coloured frontispiece (loose) and five illustrations (two coloured). Original pictorial boards, bit soiled. cloth spine. No Dust-jacket. The famous Chinese tale of Yang Kuei-fei (Yang Gufei) dates back to the eighth century. She was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China and the beloved consort of emperor Xuanzong. Swedish ex Libris.