Journey to the West - Volume I by Wu Cheng'en (Author); W.J.F. Jenner (Translated by) - 1982

Beijing, China: Foreign Languages Press, 1982. 1st Edition: 1982 . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 575 + pp. Vol I issue only! A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, scarce, true collectible gem! A wonderful copy! A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Dust jacket suffers a few minor cuts and tears around places. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Publisher's Note: This is a complete three-volume translation of the Chinese edition of "Journey to the West" in 100 chapters published in 1955 by the Beijing People's Literature Publishing House. A well-known mythological novel based on folk tales, "Journey to the West" was probably put into its present form in the 1570s by Wu Cheng'en (1500-82). Many different editions of the novel have appeared over the past 400 years. The Chinese edition of 1955 was based on the earliest known edition, the Shidetang woodblock edition printed in Nanjing in the 20th year of Wanli reign (1592) in the Ming Dynasty, and was further checked against six different editions from the Qing Dynasty. The illustrations were selected from a lithographic edition ('New Edition of Pictures for Journey to the West') published in the 14th year (1888) of the Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (Taken verbatim from the book).