Search Results: the silent traveler in san francisco by yee chiang

NY: NY: W.W. Norton Co. 1964. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in gray cloth. About fine in nice dj.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

W. W. Norton & Company, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First printing. Bound in full gray cloth with title boards with title information to cover and spine in blue. 366 pages. With drawings and color paintings by the author throughout. VERY GOOD. All corners pointed. Binding firm and square. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. With small gift inscription to front paste down, else clean and bright. Dust jacket same but for some edge wear. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.. 1964. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket. 8vo. First edition. Book is in fine condition. Jacket is in VG condition; edges are lightly rubbed and covers are scuffed. Illustrated by the author in both color and black and white. A lovely book. Not price-clipped. In protective mylar. 366 pp. .

W. W. Norton. Collectible - Good. 1964. First Edition First Printing. Soft Cover. (B401) .

New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc, 1964. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4x0x7. Yee, Chiang. Small chips to jacket edges, front jacket flap price-clipped. Top page ridge foxed. 1964 Hard Cover. 366 pp. The Silent Traveller Returns! Distinguished author, artist, calligrapher, and poet Chiang Yee wrote and illustrated a dozen "Silent Traveller" books, from 1937-1972. The last to focus on an American city was The Silent Traveller in San Francisco, originally published in 1964. Long out-of-print, the book reveals Mr. Chiang's special affection for a city whose fog-draped hills and winding streets recall for him the poetic beauty and mystery of his much loved Chinese landscape. From Market Street to the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf to Telegraph Hill, Chinatown to Berkeley, Oakland, and the Napa Valley, Mr. Chiang always charms the reader with his quizzical, quiet observations which fuse the old with the new, the historical with the present. Illustrated with 16 color and… Read More