Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1975
ISBN 10: 0870990950 ISBN 13: 9780870990953
Language: English
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 x 28 cm. Issued in a slip case. Summary:"Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute are a series of Chinese songs and poems about the life of Han Dynasty poet Cai Wenji, the songs were composed by Liu Shang, a poet of the middle Tang Dynasty. Later Emperor Gaozong of Song commissioned a handscroll with the songs accompanied by 18 painted scenes"--Wikipedia.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 1974
Seller: J. R. Young, Birmingham, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 25.5x28cm. First edition. Unpaginated (92pp) with large-scale colour illustrations, one of which folding, and numerous other illustrations. Hardback / hard cover: sand-yellow cloth titled in black & red at backstrip and in black between reproductions of red seals on front cover. No dust jacket as issued. VERY GOOD+ copy in pictorial slipcase in FAIR condition only - holding firmly, but rubbed, heavily grazed, and partly faded.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1974
Seller: Washburn Books, Pateley Bridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
Yellow Cloth Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Reproduction of a Chinese handscroll of poems and drawings telling the story of the abduction of Lady Wen-Chi to Inner Mongolia and her return to her own people years later, leaving behind her husband and children. Unpageinated. 84 pages, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, one fold-out drawing. Orange endpapers. Top board illustrated with red characters, black lettering. Minimal spotting to top edges, otherwise very good plus copy with no inscriptions. Cased in good slipcase with slight rubbing to corners. Size: 10" Tall x 11" Wide. Book.
Published by The Metropolitan Museun of Art, (New York), 1974
Seller: Samuel H. Rokusek, Bookseller, Pleasant Prairie, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
£ 9.49
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First Printing. Book has no writing or marking. Slipcase has light rubs to edges else fine.
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art,, NY:, 1974
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
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£ 15.17
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Near fine in a very good (sun fading) illustrated slipcase. B0015772SU.
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art,, NY:, 1974
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Near fine in a very good (minor edge wear) illustrated slipcase. B0015772SU.
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York Graphic Society, New York and Greenwich, CT, 1974
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
£ 13.28
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Cloth, 1 volume (unpaged), illustrations (some colour); 25 x 28 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards & slipcase. Profusely illustrated. *** The text of the poems on the scroll reproduced here is by Liu Shang; the paintings are by an unknown artist. Size: 4to.