Giles Lionel Introduction Notes (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Blue and black titles on white illustrated soft covers, 112 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. No Edition Or Printing Stated. Reprint Of The 1970 Limited Editions Club Edition. The Sandglass Paper Is Laid In. Pictorial Boards With A Brown Spine Strip. Gilt Title Within A Red Field On The Spine. The Top Edges Are Dyed Red. There Is A Small Spot Within The Title Field On The Spine. The Slip Case Has A Sunned Image Of Another Book On The Side. Small Bump To The Upper Right Corner Of The Opening. Yu-Ho, Tseng (illustrator). …

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. No date stated. Dust jacket price clipped. Front endpage corner clipped. Gifter's inscription on endpage. Owner's name on endpage. (Eastern Philosophy, Ethics, Confucianism, Chinese Proverbs).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued With Dustjacket. ** EASTON PRESS ** AS NEW ** GIFT QUALITY ** UNREAD AND UNMARKED ** FULL LEATHER BINDING ** WITH BLANK, UNUSED EASTON BOOKPLATE LAID IN ** NOT A LIBRARY BOOK ** CLEAN AND STAIN-FREE ** Published by The Easton Press, copyright 1976, with 130 pages, quarto (4to). Translated from the Chinese, and with an introduction and notes by Lionel Giles. Illustrated with color paintings by Tseng Yu-Ho. Book was purchased new by original owner, placed on a shelf, and never read. Bonded full leather binding, all exterior page edges gilt, 2 raised bands on the spine, embossed gilt designs on front, rear, and spine of book, thick silk moire endpapers, attached silk ribbon bookmark. Printed on high-grade, archival paper. Book is essentially flawless, clean and stain-free, square and straight, firm and tight in its binding, no pages loose, missing, folded, or torn. The hinges are sound and undamaged, the corners are sharp and unbumped. Internally, pages like new, all text sharp and legible, no writing, underlining, highlighting, or other such markings in the book. Easton Press bookplate untouched and laid in loose at the front of the book. Buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Tan leather-bound hardcover with intricate gold-gilt decoration on front. Perfect condition. Three raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Gilt decoration also on rear and spine. Moire endpapers. Reading ribbon sewn in. Illustrated with paintings by Tseng Yu-Ho. 8vo. 130 pp. A book in the Easton Press series, The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. No. 1363 of 1500 copies. Signed by artist on limitation page. Large octavo in patterned cloth-covered boards. Color illustrations. Condition: numerous rubber-stamps throughout book; else very good. Pages: xxix, 131. Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Sixth Printing. Bound in paper over boards with black design and lettering on upper board and lettering on spine. Paper split for about 1 1/2" top of rear spine fold, a nice bookplate on front paste down; internally clean and unmarked, endpapers solid. Dust jacket has considerable wear along top and bottom edges including small chips and tear, some of which are reinforced on blind side with clear tape. Of The Wisdom of the East Series. The name of the New York publisher has been added to the title page by what looks like a rubber stamp. 132 pages plus 4 pages of other books in the Wisdom of the East Series.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by illustrator on special edition page. Printed at the Plantin Press for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Copy 1,172 of 1,500. Binding tight, interior clean and bright. Bumped to upper right corner of front board, otherwise boards in great condition. Glassine dj chipped at corners and spine ends. Box case cracked at lower corner and bumped at upper corner, otherwise in good condition with string fastener. Includes the monthly letter of The Limited Editions Club (Jul. 1970, no. 435). "[This book is the] sixth in the Thirty-eighth Series of fine books made for the members of this Club. twelve symbolic double-spread paintings. designed by Saul Marks. boards covered in mottled Chinese-red linen silk-screened in gilt with an overall Chinese pattern.shelfback label is an imported oriental wood veneer.boxed in authentic Chinese style." - from insert page. Also includes artist's comments on paintings. 214 pages. Yu-Ho, Tseng (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. In zeer goede staat. Hardcover. Sporadisch een enkele onderstreping.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine-. Limited Edition. Softcover bound in purple, tan, black, and brown-patterned cloth; open spine is string-bound in the Asian style; French fold pages; limited edition 1393/1500; 115 pages; four sepia-colored illustrations. Book in fine minus condition with a couple of slight interior flaws. Box in very good minus condition: scuffing to bottom and top; top has lost its shine;; bottom and top have gaps to long sides since the boards shrank in that direction. This is one of the few unsigned books produced by The Limited Editions Club. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.…