Helena Kuo (25 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. y Fair. y First Edition, First Printing. New York / London: Watson-Guptill Publications / Pitman House, 1980. Book. Very Good. Burgundy Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Interviews with the California-born artist Dong Kingman, revealing his working methods and influences, including traditional Chinese watercolours and calligraphy learned in Hong Kong. 143pp with index, illustrated profusely throughout, mainly in colour. Silver lettering to spine. Minimal bumping to top corner, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ worn and frayed to edges, with slight marking to surfaces. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping. . Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Dong Kingman's Watercolors. By Dong Kingman and Helena Kuo Kingman. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1980 (a division of Billboard Publications). First Edition (stated). Hardcover, 144 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white. Condition: Book Fine—tight, bright, and unmarked. Dust jacket Very Good—clean with light shelf wear, price intact. A handsome first edition combining Kingman's techniques and working philosophy with step-by-step demos and page-filling plates—especially strong on luminous city and harbor scenes.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 100% of profits go to charity, we are all volunteers. This is a library copy. The spine shows sun damage, there are library call numbers in white ink on the spine. Both the top and the bottom of the spine are bent and worn. Some pages are stained. The binding near the first few pages is dry and cracked, and the fabric is showing. Cutely, the original page that the librarians stamped to show the dates the book was checked out is still affixed to the back cover. These check-out dates include the first one "S 19 '42". Quite a bit of history here. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 254 pages, 2nd printing. Moderate wear to the green covers; pages yellowed; name inside marked out; a good solid binding. No jacket. Contents include Huang Ti; Lei Tsu; Confucius; Ban Tsao; Li Po; Yo Fei; Tseng Cheng-Kung; The Dowager Empress; Sun Yat-Sen; Chiang Kai-Shek; Chiang Soong May-Ling. Illustrator: Ishmael, Woodi. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Juvenile; Inventory No: 200344. Ishmael, Woodi (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition (1980.) Hardcover with dust jacket. Folio with 143 pages. Signed on the front free endpaper, "To dear Jerome Snyder Best Wishes 8' Dong Kingman (some writing in chinese.) from the Wandermans. " The book is in very good condition. Interior is clean and tight. The price clipped dust jacket is in good condition with some wear to edges now in a protective cover. Pictures available upon request. ".this excellent book is a large, cloth-covered hardback, published 1980, 143 pp. It can be considered a coffee-table book, but the contents are more interesting than most. It has a biographical section, and also a section showing detailed steps of Kingman's somewhat unorthodox painting method. The third and last section, more than 50 pages, comprises beautiful color reproductions of various worldwide cityscapes, often full-page. Highly recommended." White spine/Red text. Size: Folio. Signed. Art / Watercolor / Asian.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 143 pages (complete). Jacket edge worn and marked. Boards shelf rubbed. Still in a good condition, tightly bound and internally clean. 1st edition. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. the original dust jacket is included; the spine of the book is faded due to sun exposure; there is wear, tears and chips on the corners and edges of dust jacket; the previous owner pasted their address label on the inside of the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED & dated by Dong on first end page and inscribed to former owner. Stated 1st Printing. Near Fine book in VG DJ. Red-cloth boards with gilt-stamped titles are clean, bright, and sturdy. Binding tight. Pages clean & unmarked with no rips or creases. Unclipped dust jacket, protected by mylar cover, is clean and bright with shallow edge chipping. Quick, secure shipping with free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore. Photos available upon request. International shipping may be extra due to weight. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 254 pages : illustrations. This is a very presentable copy of a book that is reasonably scarce. Publisher's green cloth-covered boards sturdy, bumping to corners and to fore-edge of front panel; bookplate on the front free endpaper of the investigative journalist Bill Powell, editor of the China Weekly Review, contents age-toned but unmarked and attractive. The unclipped dust jacket is shelfworn, sunned at spine, and chipped, with several short tears. Woodi Ishmael (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hardcover, with dust jacket, in Very Good / Poor condition, a short gift inscription inside, there are no other stamps writing or marks, jacket is very well-worn with edge wear and tears, book itself looks nice, straight spine, good binding, clean unmarked text, nice shape.…

Signed first edition. Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 306 Pp. Grey Cloth, Spine Lettered In Dark Blue. First Edition Stated. Light Usage, But First Front Free Endpaper Has Been Torn Away, And There Are Two Tape Marks Each On The Flaps On The Pastedowns. Dust Jacket Priced $3.00, Slight Fading And Browning. Per Wikipedia, Shu Qingchun (1899 -1966), Aka Lao She And In English Lau Shaw, Lao Shuh And S. Y. Shu, Was A Chinese Novelist And Dramatist, Was One Of The Most Significant Figures Of 20Th-Century Chinese Literature. Lao She Was Born Shu Qingchun (舒慶春) In 1899 In Beijing, To A Poor Manchu Family Of The Šumuru Clan Belonging To The Plain Red Banner. His Father Died In A Street Battle With The (European) Eight-Nation Alliance Forces In The Course Of The Boxer Rebellion Events In 1901. "During My Childhood," Lao She Later Recalled, "I Didn't Need To Hear Stories About Evil Ogres Eating Children And So Forth; The Foreign Devils My Mother Told Me About Were More Barbaric And Cruel Than Any Fairy Tale Ogre With A Huge Mouth And Great Fangs. And Fairy Tales Are Only Fairy Tales, Whereas My Mother's Stories Were 100 Percent Factual, And They Directly Affected Our Whole Family." In 1913, He Was Accepted To Beijing Normal University, From Which He Graduated In 1918. Between 1918 And 1924, Lao She Was Involved As Administrator And Faculty Member At A Number Of Primary And Secondary Schools. He Was Highly Influenced By The May Fourth Movement (1919), Which " Gave Me A New Spirit And A New Literary Language. I Am Grateful To [The] May Fourth [Movement], As It Allowed Me To Become A Writer." He Went On To Serve As Lecturer In The Chinese Section Of The School Of Oriental Studies At The University Of London From 1924 To 1929. During His Time In London, He Absorbed A Great Deal Of English Literature (Especially Dickens, Whom He Adored) And Began His Own Writing. In The Summer Of 1929, He Left Britain For Singapore, Teaching At The Chinese High School. Between His Return To China In The Spring Of 1930 Until 1937, He Taught At Several Universities, Including Cheeloo University And Shandong University (Qingdao). Lao She Was A Major Popularizer Of Humor Writing In China, Especially Through His Novels, His Short Stories And Essays For Journals Like Lin Yutang's The Analects Fortnightly (Lunyu Banyuekan, Est. 1932), And His Stage Plays And Other Performing Arts, Notably Xiangsheng.On 27 March 1938, The All-China Resistance Association Of Writers And Artists (中华全国文艺界抗敌协会) Was Established With Lao She As Its Leader. The Purpose Of This Organization Was To Unite Cultural Workers Against The Japanese, And Lao She Was A Respected Novelist Who Had Remained Neutral During The Ideological Discussions Between Various Literary Groups In The Preceding Years. In March 1946, Lao She Travelled To The United States On A Two-Year Cultural Grant, Lecturing And Overseeing The Translation Of Several Of His Novels. He Stayed In The Us From 1946 Until December 1949. During Lao She's Traveling, His Friend, Pearl S. Buck, And Her Husband, Had Served As Sponsors And They Helped Lao She Live In The U.S. After The People's Republic Of China Was Established, Lao She Rejected Buck's Advice To Stay In America And Came Back To China. Rickshaw Boy Was Translated By Buck In The Early 1940'S. Lao She Was Married To Painter Hu Jieqing; Together They Had A Son And Three Daughters. During The Cultural Revolution, He Was Condemned As A Counterrevolutionary, Paraded By The Red Guards Through The Streets And Beaten Publicly At The Door Steps Of The Temple Of Confucius In Beijing. According To The Official Record, This Abuse Left Lao She Greatly Humiliated Both Mentally And Physically, And He Committed Suicide By Drowning Himself In Beijing's Taiping Lake On 24 August 1966. His Relatives Were Accused Of Implication In His "Crimes", But Rescued His Manuscripts After His Death, Hiding Them In Coal Piles And A Chimney And Moving Them From House To House. Lao She Advocated The Use Of Baihua, The Use Of Plain Language In Written Chinese.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Appleton-Century, NY, 1932, 3rd.prtg., 8vo., cloth, 369pp., VG-/VG- $.

Softcover. Octavo, 254 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine blue with red and blue lettering. Slight wear to edges of cover. Slight creasing to spine. Small price sticker on rear cover. Small pen inscription inside verso front cover. Shelved in Case 2. 1389695. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First English Language Edition, First Printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 254 Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Red. Stated First Edition. Fine Book, Slight Bumping To Bottom Of Spine. Dust Jacket Priced $3.00, Slight Rubbing At Corners, 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel, Slight Fading To Red Spine Panel. Per Wikipedia, Kuo Ching-Ch'iu (Chinese: 郭鏡秋, 1911 - April 25, 1999), Also Known As Helena Kuo, Was A Chinese-American Writer And Translator. She Was Born In Macao And Was Educated At Lingnan University And Shanghai University. She Worked For The Shanghai Evening News And Other Chinese Newspapers During The 1930S. When Japan Invaded China In 1937, Kuo Escaped To England, Where She Became A Columnist For The London Daily Mail. In 1939, She Moved To The United States. Kuo Married The Painter Dong Kingman In 1956. Kuo Worked As A Translator For The Voice Of America And The United States Information Agency. She Was An Adviser For The 1943 Movie China. She Also Translated Two Novels By Lao She: The Quest For Love Of Lao Lee (1948) And The Drum Singer (1952). She Died In Hospital In Taipei At The Age Of 86; She Was In Taiwan To Attend A Reception For Her Husband At The Taiwan Museum Of Art.…

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. (February 1987). 8vo. 1st English language wrappered edition. Toning to margins of leaves and textblock edges. Minor creasing to bottom edge margins of front wrappers, upper fore corner of rear wrappers, and along spine. Small price sticker affixed to lower joint end margins of rear wrappers by publisher. Gentle shelfwear to wrappers edges. Occasional minor scuffing along wrappers joints. Mild spots of dampstaining to textblock top and upper fore edge. Light scratching to textblock edges. A few small closed sort tears to fore edges of leaves 205-218. VG in wrappers.…

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (china, biography) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 369 pages. In Good condition with a Fair dust. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine black with gilt and beige lettering. Exterior has moderate plus wear including several instances of chips to the front, some soiling smudges and age toning to the rear flaps. Age toning and tape mend inside jacket. Boards have slight wear including modest age toning to red cloth exterior with light edge wear. Text block has slight wear including modest age toning and slight soiling to the edges. Heavy offset toning to the front end papers and mild age toning to the interior. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First edition. Signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column T, ND-T. 1398142. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 1st edn stated; HB 8vo blue cloth boards, gilt spine titles, gilt chinchar to fntcvr, chipped dj has bw illustation of author torn off at 1/3 bottom right corner ow VG/poordj: [10]+369pp; Autobiography of "one of the rapidly growing number of Chinese women who have insisted upon being educated at the same level as Chinese men and on being given a chance to earn their own living." -Publisher's blurb.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION- HARDCOVER, GOOD; light wear. DUST JACKET, FAIR; has original price ($3.00), unclipped; significant wear, creases and a few missing pieces, but mostly intact and whole, now wrapped in a new archival sleeve. This vintage original 1942 FIRST EDITION autobiography of Helena Kuo, Chinese immigrant, born and educated in China, lived in the UNITED STATES. Her story of her education, travels, family, culture. Starting at her home in Macao, China, then her college in Canton and Shanghai. The product is the Autobiography of a Chinese Immigrant: 'I've Come a Long Way' by Helena Kuo, published in 1942 First edition book with a dust jacket, serving as a valuable piece of history and a collectible item for those interested in biographies and autobiographies. The book offers a unique perspective on the author's journey as a Chinese immigrant in the United States during the mid-20th century, making it a culturally significant work that can be a cherished addition to any book collection.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1stedn stated; HB 8vo green cloth boards chipped dj, ow VG/Gdj: 254pp, very nice bw illustrations, pictorial map endpapers; has color illustation of Sun Yat-Sen and Gmo and Mme Chiang with historical heros of past; "This book, written for youth and dedicated to The Young Men and Women of Fighting China" starts with a chronology of Chinese history from Huang Ti, the Yellow Emperor of 2598 BC through The Republic of China in 1912. "The lives of 12 great Chinese personages that remain ineradicably fixed in one's memory; drawings illus by Woodi Ishmael;Kuo Ching-Ch'iu (1911-1999) was A Chinese-American Writer And Translator. She Was Born In Macao And Was Educated At Lingnan University And Shanghai University. She Worked For The Shanghai Evening News And Other Chinese Newspapers During The 1930S. In 1937, Kuo Escaped To England, Where She Became A Columnist For The London Daily Mail. In 1939, She Moved To The United States. Kuo Married The Painter Dong Kingman In 1956. She Also Translated Two Novels By Lao She.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. 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. Pages: 264. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1944 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. 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: English Pages: 264.…

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1944. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 264, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 264 264.…