The Chinese Vernacular Story by Hanan, Patrick - 1981

Cambridge & London: Harvard University Press, 1981. Scholarly study of the huaben, a style of short popular fiction disregarded by scholarly society because of its popularity, while telling stories covering a broad range of Chinese society. Includes discussions of the style & its language, history, notable authors, sample stories. Hardcover. Light wear to book; jacket with a couple of short tears. Text clean; viii, [4], 276 pages; index, bibliography, notes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near fine. Red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked, faintest foxing to top edge of block. DJ has mild shelfwear.

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1981. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. 276 pgs. Bibliography. Name to front endpaper, else a fine copy without dust jacket.

UsedAcceptable.

Harvard University Press, 1981. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket.

HarvardUniv Press, 1981 , Hbk 276pp dj shelfworn with small tears on both top and bottom edges now in protective sleeve internally the text is excellent clean tight unmarked as new

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.