FOUR CAUTIONARY TALES; translated from the Chinese by ..
by ACTON, Harold and Lee YI-HSIEH, translators
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NY: Wyn, 1948. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 159. Little feded yellow cloth, no dj. Inscribed by Acton to poet and editor Barbara Howes with her bookplate: For Barbara | to beguile the weary | hours, in anticipation | of a happy event. |With warmest wishes | from | Harold Acton" Included in an original photo (8-1/4 x 8 in) by Cecil Beaton (with his name stamp on the verso.). 17th century Chinese literature, previously published in English by the Golden Cockerel Press.
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47058
- Title
- FOUR CAUTIONARY TALES; translated from the Chinese by ..
- Author
- ACTON, Harold and Lee YI-HSIEH, translators
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edn
- Publisher
- Wyn
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1948
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts
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