Chiang S (152 results)

Condition: very_good. Fast & Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

Condition: acceptable. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may be missing bundled media.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Condition: New. Finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine.Celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of cutting-edge science fiction from the hit podcast, Escape Pod. Escape Pod has been bringing the finest short fiction to millions of ears all over the world, at the forefront of a new fiction revolution.This anthology gathers together fifteen stories, including new and exclusive work from writers such as from Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, Mary Robinette Kowal, T. Kingfisher and more. From editors Mur Laffterty and S.B. Divya comes the science fiction collection of the year, bringing together bestselling authors in celebration of the publishing phenomenon that is, Escape Pod.…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. drip-spot on spine. Quantity Available: 1. Category: American Indians; ISBN: 0810821273. ISBN/EAN: 9780810821279. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9833.

Paperback. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First edition UK paperback, 2020 Titan Books. The book is in fine condition. No creasing to the spine.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Not Issued. First Thus. Red cloth, lettered in gold foil. Mere hints of rubbing at spine extremities, essentially as issued. viii,654 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 102 pages. Illustrated. Feng Chang "An Artist's Dilemma" / Sun Yi and Liu Cheng "Always A Step Ahead" / Li Chan-heng "Close as Brothers" / Cheh Ping "A New Style of Bamboo Painting" / Chiang Shu-mao "Iron Ball (excerpt from a novel)" + poetry + 4 colour plates (SL#285).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 654 pages with Index. Bibliography followed by Title Index, Series Index, Subject Index, and List of Tribes Cited in Subject Index. Supplements the 1977 publication.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Frederick A. Stokes Company, [No date: circa 1936]. Hardcover, xvi + 240 pp.; 19 cm; Second Edition (with Author's Preface to the Second Edition dated London, January 1936; sheets printed in Great Britain by Billing and Sons Ltd., Guildford and Esher, and bound for Stokes for the United States market); illustrated with 24 plates of Chinese paintings, including the Portrait of Confucius by Ma Yuan (Sung) as frontispiece. In Acceptable condition, no dust jacket. Orange cloth-covered boards lettered in black with the Chinese title characters on the front and "THE CHINESE EYE / CHIANG YEE / STOKES" on the spine; spine cloth toned and sunned, with fraying and nicking at the head and tail and along the corner tips; slits to the cloth along the front and rear hinges at the head; moderate to heavy shelf wear overall, with bumping and creasing to edges and corners and moderate soiling and spotting to the covers. Slit cracking to the paper at the rear hinge. Binding tight. Previous owner's ink signature on the front free endpaper. Previous owner's extensive pencil study notes on the rear free endpaper (both sides) and rear pastedown, listing some sixty Chinese painters organized by dynasty (Han through Ch'ing, plus contemporary names). Pages moderately toned but otherwise unmarked, with occasional foxing through the text and heavier foxing and spotting to the endpapers and the title-page leaf.Chiang Yee (1903-1977), the Chinese-born British author best known for his Silent Traveller travel books, wrote The Chinese Eye in connection with the International Exhibition of Chinese Art at Burlington House, London, 1935-36. Intended for a Western readership, it offers a sustained interpretation of Chinese painting from inside the tradition, covering its history, its philosophical and literary grounding, its subjects, materials, and techniques. The Methuen first edition appeared in 1935; this Second Edition (Methuen 1936) was issued in the United States by Frederick A. Stokes Company using the British printed sheets. With a preface by S. I. Hsiung, author of Lady Precious Stream.Contents: I. Introduction; II. Historical Sketch; III. Painting and Philosophy; IV. Painting and Literature; V. Inscriptions; VI. Painting Subjects; VII. The Essentials; VIII. The Instruments; IX. The Species of Painting; Index I; Index II. With 24 plates including Ma Yuan's Portrait of Confucius; Ch'ao Pu-Chih's Lao Tzu Riding on an Ox; Wang Wei's Snow Scene; Fan K'uan's Travellers; Wang Shih-Ku's After the Autumn Rain; Ch'en T'ao-Fu's Lotus; P'ien Shou-Min's Wild Geese; and others.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. REd cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. 3542 items listed. Title, Series and Subject Indexes. Also list of tribes mentioned. 654 pages. FINE.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedVeryGood. Hardcover; supplement; light fading and shelf wear to exterior; in very goo d condition with clean text, firm binding.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. The copy shows general external wear, but is in otherwise good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Marking on the first blank page, remaining are unmarked and undamaged. No dust jacket so there is moderate shelf wear to outer covers.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. (1st Delta) Large softcover, colorful illustration on front, spine and back wrappers of soldier running through jungle, bright gilt sticker on front "National Book Award" winner at bottom front wrapper right, praise on back wrapper from New York Times, Harper's, Los Angeles Times. 338 lightly browned pages plus biographical note. Light wear at top front edge, slight surface wear to spine edges, very slight wear at top back edge. Very Good. Chiang, M.S. (illustrator). …

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Third edition, 1936. With three illustrations in colour by Hsu Pei-Hung (Ju Péon) and twelve in monotone by Chiang Yee. Ex libris book plate affixed to front paste-down endpaper and signature inscriptions to front free endpaper. No jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Some fading to spine. Foxing to all endpapers and prelims. Gilt to top edge, other two edges untrimmed. Bumped corners. Text block tight. Hsu Pei-Hung (Ju Péon) & Chiang Yee (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Used;Very Good. London, 1977; TWO BOOKS, ORIGINAL PLUS SUPPLEMENT; red cloth covered boards; minimal shelf wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; pencil notations at top edge of free frontend papers; interior clean and unmarked; 576 and 654 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.…