Search Results: the silent traveller in new york by yee chiang

Applewood Books, 2016. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

John Day Company, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1950. First Edition. 281 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over white cloth boards with lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Preface by Van Wyck Brooks. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to panels and spine. Price sticker to panel.

New York: John Day Co., 1950. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth, lettered in green. 1st ed. (no addt'l ptgs. indicated). xv,281 pp., color plates, b&w illus., endpaper maps. Minor soiling to cover cloth, text block edges a bit dulled by age. Firm binding..

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. First Edition. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear. Mild tanning and foxing to endpapers. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Mild cracking to gutters, with exposed binding. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild foxing to surfaces.

NY: John Day, (1950). 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in a lightly edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket. Another in the author's popular series of early-mid-20th-century travel guides from an Asian perspective, this one representing his first trip across the Atlantic where he brings New York City to life with 120+ of his own pen-and-ink drawings & 17 full-color plates, created using traditional Chinese technique & media, painting on both absorbent paper & sometimes silk. His observations on the life and scenery of America are as oblique and charming as ever, while his experiences round Times Square, along Fifth Avenue, in Chinatown, Greenwich Village, the Bowery, and Harlem are depicted with the postwar charm that would soon be lost forever. In 281 pages with map endpapers, this is the First American Edition (no date in book, but research places it at 1950). Record # 382108

London: Methuen & Co, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardback. A copy that looks very good in a very good dustwrapper but the boards of the book are a bit spotted and the wrapper has some neat internal repairs. The wrapper is not price-clipped and is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Pp.xv,282. 17 colour plates and more than 120 black and white illustrations. Map end-papers.

The John Day Company, 1950. Hardcover. Fine. John Day, nd [1950], With a preface by Van Wyck Brooks, 283pp, illustrated with watercolors and black and white drawings within the text by author. 8vo. Cream colored cloth with green titles on front cover and spine. slight discoloration on spine, 2 small smudges on front cover, else fine bright looks unread hardcover.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1950. First Edition. 281 pages. Dust jacket covered in plastic wrapper over beige cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Minor cracking to front hinge. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild warping to front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine and to panel edges. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

John Day Publishing -, 1000. Hardcover/Gd. condition/281 pages - Discusses all the sights in New York and the beauty of it all. [AI128824]. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1950. (UK) First publication. No markigns, very slight waviness to portion of margins to lower page edges of some pges due to a bit of moisture intrusion, no musty smell, thus Good in Acceptable dust jacket with loss to head of spine; Dj is in mylar sleeve. Boards, map end papers, 281pp, lovely colour plates of paintings of NYC by athe author augmented wth line drawings. Chiang Yee, self-styled as "The Silent Traveller", was a Chinese poet, author, painter and calligrapher. The success of The Silent Traveller in London was followed by a series of books in the same vein, all of which he illustrated himself. (1.8 JM HOQ 100/a4. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

New York: John Day Company. Very Good. Hardcover. Light to moderate foxing to first and last few pages. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. ; Nd [1953]. One of the most charming books about New York City including color drawings and pencil drawings by the author ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages .

Methuen & Co., London, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo, First Edition. Book Condition: Good. Light foxing. Very clean interior. No Jacket..

New York: John Day Company. Very Good+. Hardcover; Third Printing. Boards a bit darkened and with light rubbing to extremities. ; Nd [1953]. One of the most charming books about New York City including color drawings and pencil drawings by the author ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages .

London: Methuen, 1950. First Edition. Chiang Yee. 8vo, pp. 281. Illustrated with colored drawings and paintings. Cover little soiled, owner's name on half title, o/w VG.

London: Methuen, 1950 cream buckram with green chinese characters to cover and titled to spine. map end papers, book VG 281pp + 17 coloured plates and over 120 images in the text also. DW unclipped and tidy but some spots of foxing starting and spine a little discoloured, small edge chips to the head. A unique view of 1950 New York by a Chinese professional travel writer and artist.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Chiang Yee. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

New York: John Day, 1950. Hardcover, first edition, with unclipped dust jacket in plastic sleeve. Jacket is tanned and edgeworn with a significant portion of spine foot missing. Boards are tanned at edges and bumped at lower leading corners. Small surface tear to front pastedown. Illustrations are bright and clear throughout and text is clean and unmarked. AD. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Used.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1950. 1ª Edição . Editorial / Hard Cover. Bom / Good / Bon. In-8º (220x140). 1 Vol. de XV-[1]-281-[2] pp. Ilustrado pelo autor. Assinatura de posse.

London, Methuen first edition - h/c WITHOUT d.j. The author takes us on a trip through New York city with all its beauty and interests of the early 1950s. It gives us a window of history through the eyes of a Chinese traveller and artist. Accompanied by superb watercolour plates of many of the cities landmarks, done in the Chinese style. 223 x 145mm., map end/ps, pp. frontis. + xv + 282, seventeen col. plates, orig. cream cloth covered boards., green title on front & spine, contents & cl. cov. bds are very clean & bright, WITHOUT d.j., v.g.+