Giles Herbert a Translator (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 447 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint of second revised edition (1926). Red cloth. Top edge of spinefaded, name in ink on free endpaper, else fine. Jacket edge-worn, frayed at corners and extremities of spine. Named after its author, this is one of the foundational texts of Taoism. Scarce.…

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 447 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket No date stated. Stamped on inside. Owner's name on rear endpage. (folklore, literature, short stories).

Binding worn, faded, leaning, some loss to front cover paper. Gentle toning to leaves. Fair Publisher's quarter cloth, patterned endpapers.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardback copy. No dustjacket. Reprint of original edition of 1889. 335pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Ed. 146pp, small octavo in black paper boards. heavy chipping to backstrip edges, 3/4" loss at top of backstrip, book edges mildly worn, boards clean, pages open loosely at a few points yet binding and block remain solid, moderate toning to pgs 46/47 and second to last prelim, interior text clean and legible.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Kelly & Walsh: 1926. Octavo. Hardcover lacking a dust jacket. Second edition, revised. Faded red boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Rubbing to the extremities, liquid stain affecting the front board. Hinges on the back board are weak, and the back cover is split on the top edge where the back board connects to the spine. Book is in good condition.…

2nd Edition revised. Red cloth covered boards with blind stamped motif on front board, faint flecking to cloth, endpapers and edges browned, in the original dust wrapper with some chips and tears, secured with archival quality mending tape and now protected in mylar. A firm and internally clean copy of an uncommon title. xxviii + 466pp. 21.5 x 13cm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 8vo. Hardcover, In two volumes. Vol 1. pp. 432. Vol 2. pp. 404. First edition. Very good condition; in dark red cloth binding with beautiful gilt design and title on the cover, and gilt title with decoration on the spine. Professionally rebacked. Both volumes have signs of shelf-wear, with corners and edges slightly worn and some markings on the covers. Vol 1. has small ink stain on the cover, not obstructing images or text. Gilt design on cover has lightly oxidised. Vol 2's spine has some creasing, with top and bottom slightly bumped; cover design still remains bright. Spines are slightly cocked. Volumes include book plates from previous owners. Vol 1. includes pencil inscription on front endpaper and Vol 2. includes pen and pencil inscription on front endpaper. Previous bookseller sticker in bottom left corner of Vol 2's front endpaper. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with light foxing. Translations of 164 stories from the Liao-Chai Chih-Yi based on the Chinese text published by Tan Ming-lun in 1842, collated with the edition of Yü Chi published in 1766. The Liao-Chai could be called, in terms of scope and influence, though not style, the 1001 Nights of China. P'u Sung-ling (1640-1715) collected about 500 supernatural tales throughout China during his lifetime. P'u is believed to have completed the majority of the tales about 1679, though he may have added stories as late as 1707. He was too poor to publish his work, but it was circulated in manuscript before it was published posthumously. Before Giles's collection only fifteen of these stories had been published in English versions. Herbet A. Giles served as a British diplomat in China during most of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, then took a post as professor of Chinese at Cambridge. …

xxiii,[i], 490 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Condition: Green cloth. VG. Second Edition, Revised. Second Edition, Revised. xxiii,[i], 490 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Chinese Arabian Nights.