Yang Kuei-Fei The Most Famous Beauty in China
by SHU-CHIUNG ( MRS WU LIEN-TEH.)
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
Shanghai.: Commercial Press Ltd.. First Edition.. 1923.. Coloured frontispiece and two coloured plates all with tissue-guards, two black and white illustrations. Original dustjacket with coloured illustration laid down as published, a few small closed tears to the wrappers, prior owner's chop front free endpaper, else a near fine copy, exceptionally clean and bright. Xviii + 102pp, appendix. 23 x 15cm. "The material for the present volume is gathered from the standard Chinese works as well as data obtained from the "Biography of Li Po" and from a poem by Po Chui entitled , 'The Everlasting Wrong'." From the preface. .
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- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165727
- Title
- Yang Kuei-Fei The Most Famous Beauty in China
- Author
- SHU-CHIUNG ( MRS WU LIEN-TEH.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Commercial Press Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Shanghai.
- Date Published
- 1923.
- Keywords
- Biography, Literature, Tang Dynasty, zz_Gallery_Antiquarian, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books, zz_ListOn_eBay
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Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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