The Classic Anthology Defined By Confucius
by Pound, Ezra
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good - Very Good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition / 1st Printing. Octavo. xiv + 306 pp, detailed Table of Contents, Key to Pronunciation, Introduction by Achilles Fang, 305 numbered poems grouped into four Parts: I. Folk Songs (Kuo Feng); II. Elegantiae, or Smaller Odes (Siao Ya); Part III. The Greater Odes (Ta Ya); Part IV. Odes of the Temple and Altar (Sung). Binding tight, pages clean and unmmarked, blue cloth covers with a trace or two of minor shelf-wear along the bottom edge, with author/title info paper laid on spine. Black illustrated DJ worn at the extremities, chipping on top and bottom spine edge. Unclipped DJ handles nicely in mylar protector. 6.5" x 9" striped blue cloth boards in black illustrated DJ.
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004997
- Title
- The Classic Anthology Defined By Confucius
- Author
- Pound, Ezra
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good - Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition / 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- 305 Odes Rendered from Classic Chinese Into English
- Size
- Octavo
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....