edited introduction study guide chu (2 Ergebnisse)

New Hyde Park, New York: University Books, Inc., 1967. Slipcase shows age, wear (see scan), but did its job protecting the two Volumes that show light age, otherwise Fine, both seemingly Unread. Except for the new material added by the editors, the text of this edition is that published by Oxford University Press in 1885 as Volumes XXVII and XXVIII of "The Sacred Books of the East" and also designated as Parts III and IV of "The Text of Confucianism.". First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover/Full Cloth/Sewn. Near Fine. 8vo size - over 9½" tall. Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. 479; 491pp. 1/4 purple cloth with tan cloth over boards. Spines negligibly faded. Spine of volume 2 is slightly rolled back. In a slipcase, with light rubbing to the extremities, general mild soiling and a short split to the top edge. The price on the slipcase has been blacked out with marker. A core Confucian text, a compilation of diverse texts of uncertain origin and date, describing the social forms, administrative structures, and ceremonial rites of the Zhou dynasty, as interpreted during the Warring States period and the early Han dynasty.