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Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
by Sung-ling, P'u [Liu-hsien]; Herbert A. Giles (Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. Hardcover. 488pp. Small octavo [20 cm] 1/4 black cloth with brown paper covered boards, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a small gilt stamped design on the front board. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The extremities are very gently bumped, faded and rubbed, and the underlying boards are peeking through at the bottom corners. There is a thin, 1 inch long indentation in the spine. The top edge of the text block is a little scratched. There is a bookseller's small label on the half title page, and there is a previous owner's name, with a brief notation on the verso of the half title page. There are several tiny ink stains on the title page. Minor marginalia in pencil on the contents pages. The pages are mildly yellowed. In a worn and torn dust jacket. The front inside flap is missing. From the Introduction- "The author of 'Strange Stories' was a native of Tzu-ch'uan, in the province of Shan-tung. His family name was P'u; his particular name was Sung-ling; and the designation or literary epithet by which, in accordance with Chinese usage, he was commonly known among his friends, was Liu-hsien.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33745
- Title
- Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
- Author
- Sung-ling, P'u [Liu-hsien]; Herbert A. Giles (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boni and Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
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