Four Cautionary Tales.
de ACTON, Harold, and YI-HSIEH, Lee (translate from the Chinese)
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John Lehmann, London., 1947. First edition thus. Originally published by The Golden Cockerel Press in a limited edition. Octavo. 159 pages. Five page Introduction by Arthur Waley. Four tales, Love in a Junk, Brother or Bride ?, The Everlasting Couple and The Mandarin-Duck Couple, from a popular collection called Common Tales to Rouse the World, published towards the end of the Ming dynasty.Presentation copy from Harold Acton, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ''To dear Mrs Chadbourne to take away to the Hudson Valley, with best of wishes from Harold Acton''.Fine in very good dustwrapper, designed by Derek Hill, with a few small nicks.
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- Título
- Four Cautionary Tales.
- Autor
- ACTON, Harold, and YI-HSIEH, Lee (translate from the Chinese)
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- Usado
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- John Lehmann, London.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1947
- Palabras clave
- chinese literature
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