The Temple and Other Poems

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd,, 1923. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. In this, one of his early works, Waley engages with Bai Juyi's "strange power of alchemizing flatness into beauty" (p. 61), presenting Bai's "The Temple" alongside works by Wang Yanshou, Ouyang Xiu, and other literary greats. Provenance: with the… Read more about this item

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1923. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fair in original yellow cloth boards, with age-related tanning on the spine, and chipping to the bottom and top-most portions of the spine.. Small octavo. 5.25 x 7.75 in. 150 pp. Stated first printing. A previous owner's name appears on the front free endpaper. There is… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good. The first American edition, using UK sheets with title page being a cancel. Cloth backed paper covered boards, title and date "1923" printed in blue onto spine, Chinese characters stamped in gilt onto bottom corner of upper board, 12mo (7-1/2 inches [19 cm] tall),… Read more about this item

Allen & Unwin, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 'With an introductory essay on early Chinese poetry, and an appendix on the development of different metrical forms'. Tight and sound copy. Publisher's hardcover binding with paper spine label. Some staining to endpapers, binding lightly rubbed/dust soiled, label rubbed and darkening. No inscriptions. 151… Read more about this item

Knopf, 1923. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Wear to paper over boards at corners and bottom of boards. Bookplate. Fading to boards. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. With an Introductory Essay on Early Chinese Poetry, and an Appendix on the Development of Different Metrical Poems. No date indicated. Text is clean, with several unopened pages. A couple newspaper clippings laid in text. Cover edges rubbed, spine slightly darkened, top edge a little faded.… Read more about this item