Adventures Monkey by Arthur Waley (10 results)

paperback. Condition: Like New. 1973 Stated First American Edition. New and unread. Cover is like new spine is smooth.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Heian International, Inc., 1973. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Edition not stated, no date, no previous printings listed, translated from Chinese by Arthur Waley. Presumably published in Taiwan. Hardcover in dark green cloth with DJ. Condition fine, square tight and clean book, sharp corners, no edgewear, no names, no underlinings no highlights, no side notes, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ fine, bright and shiny, no tears no chips, slightest wear at the head of the spine, not clipped. 8vo, 306 pages. Uncommon edition. ASIN: B074JK2279.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good(+). Octavo in glossy orange-brown baords and color illsu jacket; 306p. Bookseller ticket of Caves Books, Taipei to rear end paper. Chinese Classic Literature, Mythology. Near fine with small closed tear to rear endpaper in a near fine(-) to very good(+) jacket with a few closed tears to rear and now protected in archival mylar sleeve. Please see photos.

Condition: Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The John Day Company, New York. 1944. 143 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ Is heavily chipped and worn with pieces missing from the spine of the DJ; front flap detached). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name stamped to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic sixteenth century novel is a combination of picaresque novel and folk epic that mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking adventure. It is the story of the roguish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, and fairies. This translation, by the distinguished scholar Arthur Waley, is the first accurate English version; it makes available to the Western reader a faithful reproduction of the spirit and meaning of the original. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. very good condition hard cover in a good condition dust jacket, split along spine fold , price present clean pages gently read.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The Adventures of Monkey (Chinese Classics in English). Chipping and creasing on original dust jacket cover, now in mylar protector. Age spots on page edges. Discoloration to red cloth covers, very small tears at top edge. Head and tail of spine lightly folded in. Interior pages clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stednthus abridged of George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1942 1stedn; War-time edition stated. 12mo brown cloth, black titles and illustration on cover and spine, Cover has mild soiling. Ex South Bend IN library markings, usual faults ow VG/ndj: 143pp. Based on the first seven chapters of the longer Chinese Adventures of Monkey 1942 1stedn; the Wiese illus are charming and very apt to text. Adapted from the translation made from the Chinese Xiyouji of Wu Ch'eng-en [16th century acc Hu Shih].