Hsi K'ang and his Poetical Essay on the Lute (Monumenta Nipponica Monographs) by R. H. (Robert Hans) van Gulik - 1941

Orchid Press, 2006-10-10. Paperback. Like New.

Orchid Press, 2006-10-10. 1. Paperback. Used:Good.

Madrid: Siruela, 2000. 1ª Edición. Encuadernación de tapa dura. Bien. Traducción de Rosario Blanco Facal. Ejemplar en buen estado, sin desperfectos ni anotaciones.

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Orchid Pr, 2006. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 100 pages. 8.25x6.00x0.25 inches.

Amsterdam: J. C. Gieben, 1980. Paperback, 28 cm, 155 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 9070265826. .

[Amsterdam]: [Utgave Van De Koninklijke Akademie Van Wetenschappen Te Amsterdam], 1930. Paperback. pp. 261. Large 8vo. Considerable wear and age toning, ink inscription to inside front cover, binding completely torn at spine, protected and held together by plastic sleeve; fair.

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2007. Compiled in the 13th century, the Tang-Yin-Pi-Shih is a record of 144 criminal and civil court cases judged in the courts of ancient China, spanning some 1,400 years of the country's history, commencing about 300 BC. During this period, China's judiciary was chosen from among the ranks of the country's scholar-officials, who, dispatched to various parts of the Empire often with little or no prior training in the legal arts, fulfilled the role of both investigative detective and court judge in the provincial centers of the land. Casebooks such as the Tang-Yin-Pi-Shih were thus essential tools of the appointees, providing guidance and precedence to which to refer, when the courts were confronted with challenging cases. In Crime and Punishment in Ancient China, the author provides us with an informative and highly entertaining translation and commentary on the ancient text. R. H. van Gulik was also the author of a popular series of detective novels, based in… Read More

Tokyo.: Asiatic Society.. December,1938.. Plates illustrating 2 articles, 259pp, endpapers a little browned, small mark upper cover. Paper covered boards, turquoise cloth over boards and spine. A good copy. Includes: On Three Antique Lutes - R.H. van Gulik; Das Bild der Kreisenden Drei - Kurt Singer; The Economic Causes of the Meiji Restoration - Zenichi Itani; The Kuroshiwo's Toll - Harry Emerson Wildes; Social Changes During the Tokugawa Period - Herbert Zachert. .

's-Gravenhage : N.V. Adi Poestaka, 1932. Softcover. Good. Oorspronkelijk omslag, groot 8vo. Meerdere exemplaren aanwezig.; Kaft deels wat verbruind.