Chinese Poems
by Waley, Arthur
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Readers Union Allen and Unwin , 1949. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 215 pp. A very good, clean, tight well preserved copy. Numerous poems throughout. Upper edge dyed green as called for. Original publisher's green cloth - gilt embossed to the spine and silver embossed to the front board. Some spotting to the fore-edges. No ink inscriptions. No jacket. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 239987
- Title
- Chinese Poems
- Author
- Waley, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Readers Union Allen and Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...