lady true story de yutang lin (8 resultados)

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condición: Bien. Mei Ya Publications (Taipei), 1979. Literatura china en inglés. Tapa blanda, buen estado de conservación, 233 pp.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Book shows common (average) signs of wear and use. Binding is still tight. Covers are intact but may be repaired. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. Preface by author and House of Tang family tree. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for the frontispiece, with black and red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The biography of Empress Wu Tsertien, who, in the seventh century became the Empress of China. Once the mistress of the Emperor Taitsung, who through charm, despotic use of power, murder  up to and including her own children and grandchildren  wielded immense power up to almost to a death at 83. " . But although she was responsible for a reign of terror and political purges on a scale only equalled in our own times, she was adored by her subjects and was undoubtedly a woman of great fascination and intelligence."  from front fold over panel blurb. Rubbing of the back strip edges and of the book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages; and, there are the occasional right-hand corner of the text which has become dogeared. Some stains to the lower text edge and foxing spots to the top text edge. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners; and the corners of the top back strip edge have split. Creasing and rubbing of the dustwrapper edges with foxing seen  more noticeable on the rear panel. Some moisture marks to the rear panel which can also be seen to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XIV, 245, [1] pages, Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; China; Early (0-1000 AD); History. Inventory No: 0287493.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. Lin Yutang. Lady Wu : a true story. First edition. London: William Heinemann, 1957. Hardback, Good, in Fair, clipped dustjacket, tanned with age, with significant shelfwear repaired around the edges with tape. Turquoise boards with patchy colour loss; gilt lettering to spine. Binding good. 245pp., family tree; contents clean and bright. Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 March 26, 1976) was a Chinese inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher, and translator. He had an informal style in both Chinese and English, and he made compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English. Some of his writings criticized the racism and imperialism of the West. This book is a novelized life of Wu Tsertien, an Empress in the Tang Dynasty. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: 248 . Illustrazioni: Tavola a colori all'antiporta . Rilegatura: Cartonato telato verde con scritta oro al dorso e sovracoperta originale . Caratteristiche: Scritta di appartenenza.Bruniture. Sovracoperta stanca. .

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy small octavo xiv + 245pp., colour frontis., The biography of Empress Wu Tsertien, who, in the seventh century became the Empress of China. Once the mistress of the Emperor Taitsung, who through charm, despotic use of power, murder, up to and including her own children and grandchildren. She wielded immense power up to her death at 83. Neat ownership signature o/w a nice copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. A lot of dirty marks and some shelf wear on jacket. Also a date has been handwritten on first blank page. Content is fine.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 245pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & intials to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling & staining to spine & covers).