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THE I CHING OR BOOK OF CHANGES (2 VOLUME SET)
de Wilhelm, Richard
- Usado
- very good
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- Librería
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
US: Pantheon Books, 1955. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Two Volume Set. Beautiful black cloth over boards with gilt particulars and decoration to spine; gilt decoration to boards. Housed in publisher's original black paper-covered slipcase with red titling in tan compartment to front board. Pages are clean and unmarked. Soiling to fore edge of vol. 1; otherwise, text block is clean; top edge sprayed yellow but is moderately faded. Soiling to top edge of front endpapers at vol. 1. Boards are bright with corners and ends of spine bumped; soiling to front board of vol. 1 at outer hinge. Dust jacket is scuffed with foxing to top half of spine and corners cut at flaps; vol. 1 has rubbing to fore edge of front cover, creasing to edge of spine and writing in blue pen to inside of rear flap. Binding is tight and square. Slipcase is scuffed and rubbed particularly to edges and corners with one small chip at lower edge of front board and two small chips at top edge of rear board.
Reseñas
El Oct 15 2017, un lector dijo:
Superlative, the best of the best translations: first translated from Chinese to German by Richard Wilhelm, then from German to English by Cary Baynes. In spite of this double translation, it is still the. BEST.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 64435
- Título
- THE I CHING OR BOOK OF CHANGES (2 VOLUME SET)
- Autor
- Wilhelm, Richard
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Pantheon Books
- Lugar de publicación
- US
- Fecha de publicación
- 1955
- Palabras clave
- Metaphysical
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
Términos de venta
Atlanta Vintage Books
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Sobre el vendedor
Atlanta Vintage Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
Sobre Atlanta Vintage Books
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
