san francisco china books 1988 (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Trade Sized Paperback. Revised Edition. 221 pages. VERYFINE. Unread. All corners sharp and binding tight, without stress creases and square. No tears, creases, chips or bumps. Unmarked in any way and very clean, glossy and bright. Photo available upon request. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed.

First edition - First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A collection of one novella and six short stories by the "most popular woman writer of Shanghai," stories which depict the humanism underneath the Cultural Revolution and in the movement away from it. Introduction by Jeffrey Kinkley. Translated by Howard Goldblat, Gladys Yang and others. A title in the New Chinese Fiction series, with cover praise from Tillie Olsen and Maxine Hong Kingston. 144 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

large shiny purple & gilt decorative full silk cloth hardcover ~ 2º (folio) large "coffee table" book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. repaired library discard copy in vg cond. library markings removed. binding square & tight. 4 tape markings on covers, otherwise nice. edges clean. old inkstamps removed from edges. binding was a little weak at the dedication page, has been reinforced with brodart silk hinge tape. erasure spot on front flyleaf (2) & bottom of title pg. small scratchy spot at bottom of copyright page, otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice used copy. good binding, clean text. no names, inking, underlining or remainder markings. first english edition in north america so stated. first printing (nap). decorative endpapers. glossy full color 1/2 title, deditcation, frontis. & title pg. 361p. glossy pages throughout. 3 full color maps of the major temples. 666 full color plates. illustrated throughout in full glossy color many full page plates. appendices. index. religion. tibetan buddhism. art history. architecture. mythology. ~ Tibetan Buddhism, or Lamaism, was introduced to Tibet in the seventh century. It soon spread across the plateau and in its development became a dynamic and integral part of Tibetan culture. Tibetan Buddhist art is the vital and unique expression of the Tibetan people and their vision. With his Holiness the Tenth Panchen Lama's special permission, photographer and journalist, Liu Lizhong, was able to enter the most hallowed temples of the Tibetan plateau and photograph many of Tibet's rarest treasures. The 666 plates selected from over 6000 provide an astonishingly rich picture of Tibet today: from monasteries and palaces, to paintings and sculptures, and to the rituals and crafts still practised. It is a picture unequalled in any book on Tibet today. The book also focuses on the historical relationship between Tibet and the Mongol, Manchu and Han courts in Beijing, and includes a description the Lamaist monuments, many of which still stand, in the Beijing area. As a superb photographic collection, and as an important and serious study of Tibet by three noted authorities. Buddhist Art is the most comprehensive over view of Tibet ~past and present.