Chen Shih Chi (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. s4 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ex-US Army library book with a stamp on inside covers and on title page. Green pebbled boards with gold lettering. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean throughout. A tear with creasing to the very last page. An attached book mark on a green string.

8vo, pp. 71-166; text illustrations and 8 plates; printed paper wrappers; spine chipped and reinforced with tape, stamp of Conn. State Library on upper wrapper, shallow chips to lower wrapper, text clean and sound, good. With articles on the vascular system in the spleen of rats and mice, haplotropis brunneriana saussure, Chinese cotton aphids, the genu notocotylus, mayflies, and stoneflies.

hardcover. Condition: New. This Book is Brand New. See our picture for exact item you will receive. All items ship within 24 hours. Packaging is 100% Recyclable. Most items purchased from Charitable organizations. A portion of each sale is also donated to a monthly charity, check your package for this month's charity. Reuse-Recycle-Rebook!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Endpaper maps of Peking. With original dust jacket. pp xxii, 128. Six plates, two in colour and numerous in text drawings. Near Fine condition book in a Very Good dust jacket having a chip at bottom of spine and small loss at corners. Tape repair at spine ends. Uncommon in dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ch'i Pai-shih, Chen Shi-tseng, Chang Ta'chien (illustrator). 1st Edition. Thin blue card covers with Chinese calligraphic panel to top section of fore-edge, no spine but secured by 4 brown string bow ties, front cover faded. In gray card slip-case with col.ill. to front, clean but bottom corner chipped. All fore-edges unopened leaving internal pages blank, hence pagination on 1st and 4th pp. of each gathering. 18 pp.+ 16 coloured plates, 7-16 by Ch'i Pai-shih, the others comprise 2 each by Ch'en Shi-tseng and Chang Ta'chien plus 2 'imperfectly signed' . Two blue endpapers front and rear, 4 white endpapers {i.e. 2 unopened gatherings) to front, 2 to rear. Light tanning to outer edges throughout, otherwise clean, tight and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Beautiful volume of wood engravings specifically from the Northern region of China, published by Gaoyuan Bookstore, 1947, 130 woodcuts by Gu Yuan, Li Chun Ku Yuan, Li Chun, Hu I-Chuan, Chiao Hsing-ho, Mao Ning, Shih Lo, Wang Liu-Chiu, Sou Yu, Chi Kwei-sheng, Ma Ta, Wu Cha, Hsia Feng, Chen Shu-liang, Chi Dan, Yan Han, Ghang Wang, etc (夏 風, 楊涵, 戚 單, 郭 鈞, 張 望, 古元, 力 羣, 王流秋, 馬 達) with several in bold bright color, though largely in black and white. 125pp. Index and introduction in English and Chinese, table of contents reproduced in both languages in laid-in foldout insert. Excellent condition overall, being sturdy, well bound and clean. Pages age toned pretty evenly throughout, although there are several pages on which the color prints have been made that have avoided this fate, perhaps being acid free type of paper. Even though toned, the black and white prints are bold, and the color ones on the acid free paper are quite brilliant and beautiful. Slight bit of waviness to the side margins of those pages, not found elsewhere. Covers mostly clean, with one very lightly bumped area to the front cover. A couple of white paint stains on the spine and a very small bit of loss to the paper of the spine at the crown. Spine text still legible. Back cover toned and with some very minor staining and a couple of tiny closed tears. Despite all of this, a lovely example, which is now covered in mylar.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1873 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 and contains approximately 48 pages. 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: jpn.