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Ezra Pound's Cathay (Princeton Legacy Library, 1963)
by Wai-lim Yip
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0691061610
- ISBN 13
- 9780691061610
- Seller
-
Creston, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Princeton University Press, August 1969. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. ix, 259 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Very minor wear to the corners and the top and tail of the spine; top foredge is lightly soiled. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has some chipping along the edges; is price clipped and is lightly soiled. A very good copy of this literary criticism of Pound's translation of the 'Cathay' poems as well as comments on his translation of the Chinese verse.
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- Bookseller
- Beacon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008816
- Title
- Ezra Pound's Cathay (Princeton Legacy Library, 1963)
- Author
- Wai-lim Yip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0691061610
- ISBN 13
- 9780691061610
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- August 1969
- Pages
- 276
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Beacon Books
Biblio member since 2009
Creston, British Columbia
About Beacon Books
Our store carries a large general selection of secondhand books on many subjects - from modern paperbacks to collectable hardcovers, igned First Editions, BC History, Nautical/Marine& Canadiana. Our Country Life store(inside Beacon Books) specializes in crafts, cookery & gardening, technical, and country living.
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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