Search Results: gems of chinese verse translated into by fletcher w j

The Commerical Press, 1928. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:

1966 Paragon hardcover; no dust jacket; light cover wear; pages clean/tight; good condition

Paragon Book Reprint Corp., 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Reprint of the 1919 edition. Small dent on top back cover edge. No DJ. No markings in book. Binding is tight.

Shanghai, China:: The Commercial Press, 1926, 1923., 1926. Two volumes. 8vo. [6], iii, [1], x, 242, [2]; [8], iv, 208, [2] pp. English and Chinese text. Original gilt-stamped green [or blue for the MORE GEMS] cloth. Nice copies. The first title was originally issued in 1918. William John Bainbrigge Fletcher (1879-1933) was British consul at Haikou [Hoihow], Hainan Province. / "In fact, the special value of these two books is self-evident. … [These two books] are the earliest available English selections of Tang poetry, and Fletcher . . . is the first person dedicated to the translation and introduction of Tang poetry to the Western world. . . . As far as the time of publication and the contents are concerned, GEMS OF CHINESE VERSE and MORE GEMS OF CHINESE VERSE by Fletcher well deserve recognition as the earliest English anthologies of Tang poetry in the Western world." Jiang, pp. 34-35. / See: Lan Jiang, A History of Western Appreciation of English-translated Tang poetry, Springer, 2018.