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0259069051.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1925058927London / Boston & New York: Jonathan Cape / Houghton Mifflin Company 1925. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 464 Pp. Folding Map At End. Black Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt Multicolored Boards. First American Printing 1925 Using Sheets Printed In Great Britain "First Published In Mcmxxv" Stated On Copyright Page Cape Indicated Above With Houghton Dust Jacket Priced $5.00 Twice. Some Wear Spine Lettering Quite Clear But Not Bright No Marks Fraying At Tips And Along Bottom Edges Of Boards. Dust Jacket With Light Usage Smal Losses At Upper Corners. Florence Wheelock Ayscough Macnair 1875 -1942 Was A Sinologist Writer And Translator Of Chinese Literature Born In Shanghai China To Canadian Father Thomas Reed Wheelock And American Mother Edith H. Clarke. Ayscough Attended Shaw School In Brookline Massachusetts Where She Met Amy Lowell. The Two Were Lifelong Friends. Ayscough's Family Returned To Live In China When She Was In Her Early Twenties. Ayscough Was A Lecturer On Chinese Art And Literature And Was The Author Of Eight Books On Chinese History Culture Literary Criticism And Translation. She Traveled As A Lecturer To Cities Including London Paris Berlin And New York. Ayscough Accepted A Permanent Lecturing Post At The University Of Chicago In 1938 Where She Lectured On Chinese Literature And Continued Her Translation Work And Documenting The History And Culture Of China. She Was Honorary Librarian Of The North China Branch Royal Asiatic Society In Shanghai For Fifteen Years. She Collected Modern Chinese Paintings Including Work By Xu Gu. Her Efforts Introduced This Chinese Art Form To The American Public.Her Writings Included Translations Of Classical Poetry And Essays On Chinese Art History And Philosophy. She Work Also Attempted To Correct Previous Inaccurate Attempts To Translate The Cultures Of Ancient And Contemporary China For Example Perspectives Of China As A Stagnant Culture. In Addition To Countering Negative Stereotypes With Positive Reevaluations She Also Sought To Correct Misinformation. For Example Her Review Of The 1931 Novel The Good Earth By American Writer Pearl Buck Ayscough Praised The Choice Of Contemporary Chinese Peasantry As The Subject But Criticized The Accuracy. Ayscough Had A Strong Influence On The Work Of Her Friend Amy Lowell Being The Source Of Lowell's Interest In Asian Culture And Chinese Poetry. Ayscough Introduced Lowell To Chinese Paintings And Poetry In 1917. On A Visit To America She Brought With Her Chinese Word Pictures That She Translated Into English Which Lowell Turned Into Rhymed Poetry. Her First Book Fir-Flower Tablets With Amy Lowell Was A Translation Of Poems From The Chinese. A Chinese Mirror Published In 1925 Was An Analysis Of The Structure Of Chinese Society And Government In Particular The Symbolism Of The Beijing Imperial Palaces. She Published Tu Fu The Autobiography Of A Chinese Poet In 1929 And Her Translations Of The Poems Of Tu Fu With A Biography Constructed Using His Poetry. In 1934 She Published Travels Of A Chinese Poet. These Two Works Contributed To The Introduction Of Tu Fu To The British Public. Her Final Work Chinese Women Yesterday And To-Day Published In 1937 Examined Contemporary Chinese Women Leaders As Successors Of A Long Line Of Capable Though Secluded Chinese Women. Ayscough Contributed Articles To The Encyclopaedia Sinica. Ayscough's Correspondence With Amy Lowell Was Compiled And Published By Her Husband Professor Harley Macnair. Lucille Douglass 1878 - 1935 Was An American Painter Etcher And Lecturer. In 1920 Douglass Went To China As An Employee Of The Board Of Foreign Missions Of The Methodist Episcopal Church. She Organized And Supervised A Workshop In Shanghai Where Chinese Women Hand-Colored Photographic Slides For The Missionary Society. Douglass Also Became A Writer And Associate Editor Of Shanghai Times. Douglass Formed Close Friendships With Writers Florence Wheelock Ayscough And Helen Churchill Candee. Douglass Eventually Illustrate Books For Both Of Them. <br/> <br/> Jonathan Cape / Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1925059684Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1925. First American Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 464 Pp. Folding Map At End. Red Cloth Colored Boards. First American Edition Later Printing 1925 Using Sheets Printed In Great Britain. Some Wear Spine Lettering Quite Clear But Not Bright No Marks Fraying At Tips And Along Bottom Edges Of Boards. Black Silhouette Bookplate Of Ayscough In Robes Feeding Her Pekingese Hand Titled "Yo Fei And His Missus" Inscribed "To Mrs. Low With Love A Well-Acquainted American's Observations In China; It Would Be Hard To Find Any Comparable Early Twentieth Century English-Language Observations Of China Or America By A Chinese Writer. Florence Wheelock Ayscough Macnair 1875 -1942 Was A Sinologist Writer And Translator Of Chinese Literature Born In Shanghai China To Canadian Father Thomas Reed Wheelock And American Mother Edith H. Clarke. Ayscough Moved To The United States Aged Nine And Attended Shaw School In Brookline Where She Met Amy Lowell The American Poet. The Two Were Lifelong Friends. Ayscough's Family Returned To Live In China When She Was In Her Early Twenties. Ayscough Was A Lecturer On Chinese Art And Literature And Was The Author Of Eight Books On Chinese History Culture Literary Criticism And Translation. She Traveled As A Lecturer To Cities Including London Paris Berlin And New York. Ayscough Accepted A Permanent Lecturing Post At The University Of Chicago In 1938 Where She Lectured On Chinese Literature And Continued Her Translation Work And Documenting The History And Culture Of China. She Was Honorary Librarian Of The North China Branch Royal Asiatic Society In Shanghai For Fifteen Years. She Collected Modern Chinese Paintings Including Work By Xu Gu. Her Efforts Introduced This Chinese Art Form To The American Public. Her Writings Included Translations Of Classical Poetry And Essays On Chinese Art History And Philosophy. She Work Also Attempted To Correct Previous Inaccurate Attempts To Translate The Cultures Of Ancient And Contemporary China For Example Perspectives Of China As A Stagnant Culture. In Addition To Countering Negative Stereotypes With Positive Reevaluations She Also Sought To Correct Misinformation. For Example Her Review Of The 1931 Novel The Good Earth By American Writer Pearl Buck Ayscough Praised The Choice Of Contemporary Chinese Peasantry As The Subject But Criticized The Accuracy. Ayscough Had A Strong Influence On The Work Of Amy Lowell Being The Source Of Lowell's Interest In Asian Culture And Chinese Poetry; Ayscough Introduced Lowell To Chinese Paintings And Poetry In 1917. On A Visit To America She Brought With Her Chinese Word Pictures That She Translated Into English Which Lowell Turned Into Rhymed Poetry. Her First Book Fir-Flower Tablets With Amy Lowell Was A Translation Of Poems From The Chinese. A Chinese Mirror Published In 1925 Was An Analysis Of The Structure Of Chinese Society And Government In Particular The Symbolism Of The Beijing Imperial Palaces. She Published Tu Fu The Autobiography Of A Chinese Poet In 1929; Her Translations Of The Poems Of Tu Fu With A Biography Constructed Using His Poetry. In 1934 She Published Travels Of A Chinese Poet. These Two Works Contributed To The Introduction Of Tu Fu To The British Public. Ayscough Wrote Two Books Intended For Younger Readers; The Autobiography Of A Chinese Dog An Account Of Shanghai From The Perspective Of Her Pekingese Dog Yo-Fei And Fire-Cracker Land. Her Final Work Chinese Women Yesterday And To-Day Published In 1937 Examined Contemporary Chinese Women Leaders As Successors Of A Long Line Of Capable Though Secluded Chinese Women. Ayscough Also Contributed Articles To The Encyclopaedia Sinica. After Her Death Ayscough's Correspondence With Her Friend The Poet Amy Lowell Was Compiled And Published By Her Husband Professor Harley Farnsworth Macnair. The Following Year He Published A Biography Of His Wife Titled The Incomparable Lady. He Donated Her Collection Of 1292 Chinese-Language Books To The Library Of Congress. <br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1984Q-0385183100Doubleday 1984-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Doubleday hardcover
19702433190324008Colonial Dames of America 1970-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. Nice looking book has minor edge wear. Colonial Dames of America hardcover
2002Q-0387954295Springer 2002-08-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Springer hardcover
196368736Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc 1963. First edition of this compilation. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 192pp. Octavo 21.5 cm Black and white paper over boards. Rubbed at the head of the spine and the top fore-edge corner of the front board. Endpapers darkened. In the dust jacket with two small closed and open tears and a prominent chipped tear to the head of the spine. Humorous essays about science edited by Robert Baker American psychologist and professor of psychology emeritus of the University of Kentucky. Major contributors include John Updike Robery Nathan John Masters Leo Szilard frank Getlein and C. Northcote Parkinson among others. Prentice-Hall, Inc hardcover
1982Q-0307466159Western Publishing Co 1982-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Western Publishing Co hardcover
196931708New York and Tokyo: Walker / Weatherhill 1969 First Printing in unclipped dust jacket SIGNED by John Ball with personalized inscription direct to title page & dated April 1970 original priced obi strip laid in boards immaculate pages clean & unfoxed jacket shows light rubbing & quiet crease lines to edges & extremities else bright tight excellent signed copy dj in mylar protector; 8vo; 149pp illus. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Walker / Weatherhill hardcover
71500Lillabulero Poetry Pamphlet No. 7 1969. First edition first printing. From the library of the poet William Matthews. Russell Banks' first book. Close to fine tall attractive stapled wraps with crisp bright text Lillabulero Poetry Pamphlet No. 7, 1969 paperback
1975Q-0060619228Harper & Row 1975-01-01. Plastic Comb. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper & Row unknown
195022286Gusto Issues House-Warven Hollywood Calif. Lithographed By Trojan Press Binding By Kater-Crafts 1950. HardBack NODustJacket 1st Edition 1950 Red Illustrated Cloth Cover with white Titles Clear plastic Protective Cover Taped Blank Endpapers NF/NF- AS-IS NODJ Interior nice tight clean light Wear FoX Unpaginated. First Edition. Hard Cover. Gusto Issues, House-Warven, Hollywood, Calif. Lithographed By Trojan Press, Binding By Kater-Crafts hardcover
197396735London: Octopus Books 1973. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket in cardboard slipcase with book title on paper plate. First Octopus Books edition after the 1953 Hungarian edition. As New condition with no mars dings creases or stains. Reading ribbon is slightly frayed. Medical revision and contribution to the drawings illustrating the muscular system by Dr. Barnabas Somogyi. Includes 142 stunning full-page plates. Folio. 319 pp. Heavy--six pounds packed. May require additional postage for priority or shipments outside the U.S. <br/><br/> Octopus Books hardcover
20192-2344038590Glénat 2019. Album. New. 192 pages. French language. 12.28x9.45x0.79 inches. Glénat unknown
20152-2723497143Glénat 2015. Album. New. 192 pages. French language. 12.44x9.45x0.87 inches. Glénat unknown
1956039429New York: Merle Armitage / Gotham Book Mart 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 60 Pp. First Edition. Fine No Wear No Marks. Inscribed By Merle Armitage "For Estelle And C. B. From Isabelle And Merle 1956". Not Signed By Barker. <br/> <br/> Merle Armitage / Gotham Book Mart hardcover
19901369552Peter S. Barney 1990. Hardcover. Octavo 64 pages. In Good plus condition. Light brown spine with black text. Covers have mild edgewear and shelfwear bending to corners and slight chipping to spine edges. Textblock has sticker on front endpaper.<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Netdesk Column QA ND-QA. 1369552. FP New Rockville Stock. Peter S. Barney hardcover
320804-XA4London etc. : Hodder and Stoughton n.d. Hardcover. Good. Original gilt green cloth map on endpapers illustrated with 16 colour drawings including frontispiece with captioned tissue guards and some b/w drawings in the tekst 8vo.; Endpapers browned; a lot of foxing but no foxing on plates; no dust jacket. London, etc. : Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
306839-VB5London : Hodder and Stoughton Limited n.d. Softcover. Good. Original blind stamped and gilt red cloth map on endpapers 16 tipp-in colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham all but one with original captioned tissue-guard 8vo.; Foxed; foxed on cut; name and date 1928 on half title; name place and small annotation on half title; no dust jacket. London : Hodder and Stoughton Limited paperback
191077771Ble-Zurich : Edition et Gravures de Manissadjian & Co. Ateliers Artistiques Chromotypie oar Froese & Co. Imprimerie Artistique sans date vers 1910. 340x280mm. 16 feuilles avec 16 chromolithographies cartonnage illustr de lÕditeur. Bel exemplaire. 876 Edition et Gravures de Manissadjian & Co., Ateliers Artistiques, Chromotypie oar Froese & Co., Imprimerie Artistique unknown
2016TN231903David Barton Hither Green 2016. 1st Edition. SOFTCOVER. 8vo in colour printed stiff card covers unpaginated approx. 44pp on stiff paper line drawings etc __CONDITION : NEW unread and unmarked copy. . __ To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS David Barton, Hither Green paperback
4849Spring Books Octavo. 502 pp. Maroon cloth lettered in gilt. Spine-ends and corners lightly bumped no internal markings. Illustrated jacket. Moderately rubbed soiled lightly toned small creases and chips along spine-ends. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. In mylar dust wrapper. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Spring Books hardcover
196787758New York: Delacorte Press / A Seymour Lawrence Book 1967. Second Printing. Quarto 28.5cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; orange endpapers; dustjacket; 74pp; illus. Pencilled note to upper front endpaper else a Fine copy. Dustwrapper unclipped priced $12.50 lightly spine-faded with tiny tears and light rubbing to extremities; Very Good. Explores facts history and stories on plants including poppy hemlock and mandrake with illustrations throughout. 87758. Delacorte Press / A Seymour Lawrence Book unknown
129870College Station Texas: Texas A & M University Press 0-89096-228-6 1985 1st US Edition. hardcover xi 2 123pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. 17 stories that explore deer hunters their families but also for those who like to read about nature and even those who will never hunt. Jacket in loose protective mylar sleeve. Texas A & M University Press Hardcover
19709012325Harrisburg PA: Stackpole Books 1970. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth. Gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. <br/><br/> Stackpole Books hardcover
