The Chinese Translations: : The Works of Witter Bynner
by Bynner, Witter
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, text unmarked, binding tight/DJ VG-: age toning/soil, spine sunned, small chips, NOT clipped
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1978. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, text unmarked, binding tight/DJ VG-: age toning/soil, spine sunned, small chips, NOT clipped. 8vo 388pp. from front flap: "This is teh third volume of a uniform edition of The Works of Witter Bynner, under the general editorship of James Kraft, issued under teh auspieces of The Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry. It contains The Jade Mountain with an introduction by Burton Watson, and The Way of Life According to Laotzu with an introduction by David Lattimore, as well as Witter Bynner's essay on Kiang Kang-hu, "Remembering a Gentle Scholar." Witter Bynner (1881-1968) was a poet, critic, biographer, playwright, translator, editor, and man of letters whose work and career deserve to be better known to contemporary readers." #02457.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2392
- Title
- The Chinese Translations
- Author
- Bynner, Witter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, text unmarked, binding tight
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG-: age toning/soil, spine sunned, small chips, NOT clipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Chinese poetry, poetry, translation, essays
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