Dragon Book by Edwards E D (21 results)

Condition: Good. 1946. Fifth impression. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Minor scribble and inscriptions to front endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1943. Reprint. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and visible foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Mild water stains and droplets to boards. Mild denting to board edges.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN 9971491184. Trade Paperback. Later Printing. Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs and creases to edges and corners of covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:

Reprint (1st published 1938). Good hardback with red cloth boards. Complete pictorial dustjacket with fraying & tears to extremities and along spine; dj front joint split and repaired; DJ also foxed and faded. No inscriptions or annotations; binding tight Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dustjacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dustjacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. 351 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Chinese Habits, Manners, And Beliefs From The Earliest Times. Chinese Poems, Anecdotes And Tales From Early Times.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. In Good condition, all pages are clean with no markings. Binding intact, slight wear on the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. First edition hardcover in good condition, with clipped dust jacket in acceptable condition for its age. Jacket is marked and worn, especially the spine, and edges are creased and nicked, including a few small tears. Spine ends are bumped and blemished. Pastedowns, endpapers, page edges and a few of the pages are lightly tanned and foxed. Pages are otherwise clear and bright throughout. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A vintage collection of Chinese poems, stories and cultural wisdom. Special for its original color drawing of a comical dragon on the endpage. The dragon has a smaller dragon in its pouch, saying "My Mommie's an Aussie dragon!" A neat & clean copy, well-preserved for its years. The spine has faded.

First Edition. Condition: good/good. good 1st William Hodge & Company Ltd 1938 edition hardcover with good dw inscription on 1st page In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. With dust jacket. Bookplate on inside front cover. Photograph available on request.

reprint hardback in original cloth Nice copy octavo 351pp., text ills., index, Chinese habits, manners, and beliefs from the earliest times. Neat ownership signature o/w a nice copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. The Dragon Book. Previous owners name to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Browning and a small ink mark to spine of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. Here is the very soul of China reflected in all its varying moods and phases. This book is a veritable treasure-chest of gems from Chinese literature. Now gay, now serious, now witty and now poetical, it touches on every conceivable subject and aspect of Chinese life. Whatever the new China, whose destiny is now being worked out, may be like, The Dragon Book will be a lasting memorial to the civilization of a great people which endured throughout the centuries. The many illustrations thoughout the text are taken from old Chinese books dating back to the seventeenth century. Illustrations. 367 pp. Plastic protective covering. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in red cloth boards with black lettering to spine. No dustjacket. 367pp. B/w illustrations throughout. Not library copy, ink inscription to ffep. (24/2).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Red binding, gold title on black patch. 367 pages. Illustrated with old black and white Chinese motifs. Internally spotless. Edges very slightly dusty. This copy was part of the library of DOROTHEA MACKELLAR, famous Australian poet and author. Her small ornate bookplate on front paste-down. A nice tight, straight book. Scan available.

Series: Week-end Caravan. Illustrated. 350 pp. Octavo. Orig.-cloth. Good condition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None (illustrator). A smart later edition of this detailed work on Chinese customs, signed by the author. Later edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper dated 1944. Illustrated throughout. A treasure chest of gems from Chinese literature touching on every aspect of traditional Chinese life and customs. With chapters on lore, poetry, the tree of knowledges, stories, flowers and gardens, medicine, and more. Compiled and edited by Evangeline Dora Edwards, known as Eve D. Edwards, an English scholar who taught Chinese language and Chinese literature at SOAS, University of London, and was head of the Department of the Far East. She was the third Professor of Chinese at SOAS and the first female professor of Chinese anywhere in the Western world. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor bumping to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor fading to the spine. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities resulting in light loss to the head of the spine and panel edges. Sunning to the spine and panels with the odd mark. Closed tears to the panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Author's contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good. signed by author. book.

London [1943], Hodge. Red cloth, very good, 367p., biblio- graphy, whith a profusion of vignettes & text illustrations. A CHARMING UNCOMMON WORK ! This is a comprehensive anthology of random subjects on all things Chinese, including covers all aspects of the dragon. Alphabetically arranged by subject, as found in: Chinese lore, poetry, the tree of knowledge, stories short and tall, flowers & gardens, medical lore, the epicure. With acknow- ledgements. With charming subjects such as: Dreams, Rules for Drinking, Div orce: the Seven Grounds for the Divorce of Wifes, Kitchen God, Signs of Good Luck, Unlucky, Torture, Woman [with commentaries on five famous women], Women and Servants, Art of War 12 articles], for starters plus a many more fine examples & tidbits.

London [1943], Hodge. Red cloth, very good, 367p., biblio- graphy, whith a profusion of hand-colored vignettes & text illustrations. A CHARMING UNCOMMON WORK ! This is a comprehensive anthology of random subjects on all things Chinese, including covers all aspects of the dragon. Alphabetically arranged by subject, as found in: Chinese lore, poetry, the tree of knowledge, stories short and tall, flowers & gardens, medical lore, the epicure. With acknow- ledgements. With charming subjects such as: Dreams, Rules for Drinking, Div orce: the Seven Grounds for the Divorce of Wifes, Kitchen God, Signs of Good Luck, Unlucky, Torture, Woman [with commentaries on five famous women], Women and Servants, Art of War 12 articles], for starters plus a many more fine examples & tidbits.