A Folding Screen, Selected Chinese Lyrics from T'ang to Mao Tse-tung

Alan Ayling; Duncan Mackintosh; T'ung Ping-Cheng

Published by The Whittington Press, Gloucestershire, 1974

About this Item

An exceptionally lovely copy of this signed Limited Edition collection of Chinese verses, translated into English and illustrated throughout. Number one-hundred and twenty of two-hundred copies produced, signed by Alan Ayling and Duncan Mackintosh. Ayling rendered the poems into verso, from Mackintosh's English language translation.Illustrated throughout by Fei Ch'eng Wu, with Chinese calligraphy by Ch'eng Hsuan.A wonderful collection of Chinese poetry and verse, arranges into sections covering the T'ang Dynasty, Five Dynasties, Sung Dynasty, Southern Sung Dynasty, and the Ch'ing Dynasty.Beautifully bound in Chinese patterned cloth, and housed in the original slip case. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with paper covered slip case. Externally, fine. Slip case in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine.

Seller Inventory # 841F18

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Folding Screen, Selected Chinese Lyrics from T'ang to Mao Tse-tung
• Publisher: The Whittington Press, Gloucestershire
• Publication Date: 1974
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Ch'eng Hsuan; Fei Ch'eng Wu
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: signed by author
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry