Chien Kun King (4 results)

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Thus. First thus. xxviii, 32pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with blind embossed titles on upper panel, gilt-stamped titles on spine. 8vo. Cloth a little worn and faded, darked on edges, rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends. Upper text block edge dust darkened. Free endpapers tanned else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. The Chung-Yung was originally written around 500 BC by Confucius's grandson, Tzu-ssu,(K'ung Chi) to capture his grandfather's teachings regarding life and nature. This edition was translated into English by Leonard Lyall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition unknown Format, octavo, 232mm. Physical description, xxvii, 24. With a half title. Occasional light spotting. Publisher's light blue cloth over boards, slightly soiled. The upper cover with the title etc; in blind. The spine repeated in gilt. Overall, a near very good copy of a book not often seen on the market. 'The Chung-yung was written by Tzu-ssu (born about 500 B.C.), the grandson of Confucius, to put on record the teachings of Confucius on the nature and conduct of life. These teachings did not spring from Confucius. They had already stood the test of more then two thousand years, when he devoted his life to the task of expounding and completing them' - from the Preface.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1927, 1927 First edition. Small octavo, 23*15cm, xxviii,24pp. College library stamp on title page, bookplate on endpaper, foxing on edges and the first and last few pages due to age, text clean and tight. 1st Edition. Good/No Jacket.…