Translations From The Chinese (extra illustrated with signed etching by Baldridge)
by Waley, Arthur (Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge)
- Used
- Condition
- VG, with leather bookplate of Harry N. Abrams inside front cover
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. Hardbound. VG, with leather bookplate of Harry N. Abrams inside front cover. Faux vellum, cream colored with red chinese characters printed on spine. Original signed etching facing title-page, wherein it is written "9 copies" Etching is titled "Hatamen Street" and is signed and dated 1941. Colophon for this edition at rear, signed by Richard Ellis, who designed this edition. Presumably one of 9 copies with this binding and etching.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128685
- Title
- Translations From The Chinese (extra illustrated with signed etching by Baldridge)
- Author
- Waley, Arthur (Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge)
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - VG, with leather bookplate of Harry N. Abrams inside front cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- ZZZDL ; Baldridge, Cyrus LeRoy ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...