Makepeace J a (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Vanity Fair: Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero (World's Classics) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. Hardbound without dust jacket published 1927. Considerable wear to top of spine and all cover edges. Spine darkening. No markings noted.

Illustrated Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Housed in a lovely Robert Wang, custom-made slipcase. Previous owner's inked name on fep, horizontal crease on fep and ffep, else textblock is very clean and tight. Red top edge. Minimal wear to binding; protected in mylar. 322p., including notes. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Binding tight. Minor wear and tanning. Some slight chipping to the page edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Translated with an introduction by J. A. Makepeace. x + 296pp, glossary, linen spine with marbled paper covered boards, now considerably worn at extremities, cloth spine faded. Prior owner name inscribed on 3 pages. Some foxing throughout. A sound reading copy. This fictitious work was for many years believed to be based on the letters of a Chinese man living in Melbourne in the 1890s. Their veracity was such that a number of the letters were included in Roger Pelissier's collection of documents relating to China 'The Awakening of China' which was published first in French and then in English and used in Chinese history classes through to the 1980s. 'A Chinaman's Opinion of Us' is an interesting example of what was then the relatively new principle of cultural relativism.

Very Good. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover Octavo no dust jacket. blue clothe spine, gilt lettering, marbeled papered boards, top edge blue, 296 pp, inscribed by owner on front endpaper, spine faded, corners worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 322 pages. "The following letters were written by Hwuy-ung, one of the class of literati and a social reformer, to his (and my) friend Tseng between the years 1899 and 1912. They came into my possession through Tseng-Ching, a scholar, who urged me (and helped me) to translate them into English, so that the reforms suggested by his enlightened countryman might meet with due recognition and support from abroad. It was also his intention to have the Chinese version published and distributed among his countrymen, in order (under God's gracious will) that their eyes might be opened to their shortcomings and the race strengthened and rejuvenated." - from Introduction. Red front board attractively decorated in yellow and black. Card pocket inside back board. Library bookplate inside front board. No other markings. Minor lean to spine. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this interesting work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Hwuy-Ung; Makepeace, J.A. (Translator) A Chinaman's Opinion of Us and of His Own People (as Expressed in Letters from Australia to His Friend in China) Race.