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The Golden Casket: Chinese Novellas of Two Millennia
by Levenson, Christopher (translated by); Introduction by Herbert Franke
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1964. Gift quality copy, textblock is bright and tight, black end papers. Teal top page edges. Shelf bumped head and foot of spine. 391pp., including list of sources and index. This edition from Wolfgang Bauer's and Herbert Franke's German version of the original Chinese.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Illus. by Chapter Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB16459
- Title
- The Golden Casket: Chinese Novellas of Two Millennia
- Author
- Levenson, Christopher (translated by); Introduction by Herbert Franke
- Illustrator
- Chapter Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Chineses Novellas, Chinese Short Fiction, Chinese Literature
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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