Auteuil Michèle, Le Bras FlorenceLivre Rare Book
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2002réf. RO80258673Maxima. 2002. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 288 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 330-Economie
2012réf. 621492012 Neuilly sur Seine, Michel Lafon, 2012 comme neuf
réf. 6208852439.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2005réf. 50324Dormonval Editions 2005 92 pages 21x12x1cm. 2005. Broché. 92 pages.
réf. 36859LGF, Livre de Poche, Références Art, 1996, 318 pp., poche, légères traces d'usage, état correct.
1999réf. 0952Moréna 1999 Broché 148 pages Bon état général Couverture niveau coiffe en pied auréole 237 g
réf. 100-26036Chappell & Co. Ltd. Paperback. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Chappell & Co. Ltd paperback
1902réf. 107c6889London: Chappell & Co. Ltd. 1902. Sheet music. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Includes separate sheet music for voice and organ; Voice and Piano; violin or violoncello. Chappell & Co. Ltd. Paperback
1902Includes separate sheet music for voice and organ; Voice and Piano; violin or violoncello. Sheet music
1926réf. 615PARIS. PIERRE ROGER. SANS DATE (1926). IN-8 BROCHE CARRE DE 298 PAGES, COUVERTURE BEIGE REMPLIEE, PLAT SUPERIEUR ILLUSTRE D’UNE VIGNETTE EN COULEURS, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR. PETITS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS SANS GRAVITE, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.
1925réf. 23462Paris Pierre Roger et Cie 1925 Petit In-8 Ecu 343 pp, quelques planches en noir hors-texte, une carte dépliante , couvertures rempliées
réf. 7593Paris, Librairie Pierre Roger 1926, 14x19,5 cm, broché, couverture à rabats, 298 pages, 8 planches hors texte et 1 carte, traduit de langlais par Maurice Thiéry.
1925réf. mon0004283558Houghton Mifflin Company 1925T. hardcover. Good. . No DJ. Book shows some shelf & handling wear including edge wear and cover rubbing. Pages are slightly worn and tanned. Interiors are intact with unmarked text/pictures. Fold-out map is unworn laid in on the back pastedown as issued. Good reading copy. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
réf. 1025551125.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1025547853.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1925réf. 059684Boston / 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. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1925réf. 058927London / 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. Jonathan Cape / Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1925réf. 12539London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1925. Book. Illus. by Douglass Lucille. Very Good . Half-Leather. First Printing of the First Edition. About fine but for some rubbing to extremities lightly sunned spine and prev owner name stamp. Top edge gilt. Gilt stamped spine with 5 raised bands. Complete with folding map. Jonathan Cape Ltd. Hardcover
réf. 85114601London 1925 Cape. Black cloth spine over color decorated boards 464p. index very good corners bit bumped & worn contents clean frontispiece taped many text illustrations fold out map. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION Exceptionally well written full of her observations and experiences. Covers literary background of the Great River Chinese idea of a garden symbolism of the Forbidden City great Buddhist temple of T'ai Shan cult of the Spiritual Magistrates of City Walls and City Moats. With a synopsis of Chinese history from legendary times to the founding of the Republic. unknown
réf. 85114605London 1925 Cape. Black cloth spine over color decorated boards 464p. index very good corners bit bumped & worn contents clean frontispiece taped many text illustrations fold out map. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION Exceptionally well written full of her observations and experiences. Covers literary background of the Great River Chinese idea of a garden symbolism of the Forbidden City great Buddhist temple of T'ai Shan cult of the Spiritual Magistrates of City Walls and City Moats. With a synopsis of Chinese history from legendary times to the founding of the Republic. unknown
réf. 85114603London 1925 Cape. FIRST EDITION. Decorated boards very good 464p. biographical index fold out map many text il- lustrations. FIRST EDITION Exceptionally well written full of her observations and experiences. Covers literary background of the Great River Chinese idea of a garden symbolism of the Forbidden City great Buddhist temple of T'ai Shan cult of the Spiritual Magistrates of City Walls and City Moats. With a synopsis of Chinese history from legendary times to the founding of the Republic. unknown
1938réf. 18041London: Jonathan Cape 1938 First UK edition. A Boston Houghton Mifflin edition was published in 1937. Red publisher's cloth. Gilt-stamped spine. Top edge stained red. . Octavo. Numerous illustrations throughout. Two black and white plates including frontispiece. Index and bibliographical references. Mild shelfwear to board extremities. With illustrated dust-jacket. Minor shelfwear and soiling predominantly to spine. Dust jacket corners clipped. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket from the library of David Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. Florence Ayscough 1875 or 1878-1942 was born in Shanghai to American and Canadian parents. As a translator editor poet photographer and librarian she worked diligently to promote and elucidate Chinese language history and culture throughout the West. She co-authored her first book Fir Flower Tablets 1921 with her longtime friend the American poet Amy Lowell. She was the honorary librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society in Shanghai for fifteen years and a permanent lecturer at the University of Chicago at the end of her life. Her birthdate is variously listed as 1875 and 1878. The date on her gravestone is 1875 while OCLC and poets.org list it as 1878. Jonathan Cape, hardcover
1938réf. 355490724445London: Cape 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Jonathan Cape 1938. First UK Edition. Publisher's dark-pink boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Red top-edge. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. Black and white illustrations xiv 324pp. Includes bibliography and index. A fine copy in a VG price-clipped dustwrapper with a slightly darkened spine a hint of wear to the spine tips and the extremities and with a short closed tear to the top-edge of the back panel. Biographies of significant and incredible Chinese women women poets calligraphists painters educators and warriors from ancient to modern times are collated by Florence Ayscough a sinologist writer and translator of Chinese literature. The author paints through facts poetry and pictures the "then" and "now" of life for professional women - in childhood girlhood marriage education and professional life. She dwells admiringly on the 3 remarkable Soong sisters who became wives and able counselors of H H Kung Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-Shek. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. Cape hardcover
