Lazy Dragon: Chinese Stories from the Ming Dynasty
by Geremie Barme (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 9620401360
- ISBN 13
- 9789620401367
- Seller
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About This Item
xx+304 pages with illustrations and bibliography. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang. Preface by W J F Jenner. First edition. Translation of short stories originally selected from san yan; er pai, collections of tales respectively by Feng Menglong and Ling Mengchu. "This selection of stories is based on The courtesan's jewel box: Chinese stories of the Xth-XVIIth centuries. Condition: Previous owner's name to gutter of page 1, light edge wear else a very good copy.
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- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L0802
- Title
- Lazy Dragon: Chinese Stories from the Ming Dynasty
- Author
- Geremie Barme (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 9620401360
- ISBN 13
- 9789620401367
- Publisher
- Joint Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Hongkong
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Chinese
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- Octavo
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...