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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Arthur WALEY (1889-1966). [Collection of 17 works, including 1st editions.] (17).

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Arthur WALEY (1889-1966). [Collection of 17 works, including 1st editions.] (17).

[including:] The Poetry and Career of Li Po 710-762 A.D. London & New York: [1950]. Small octavo. Original cloth, dust-jacket.

[and:] The Real Tripitaka and other pieces. New York: [1952]. Octavo. Original cloth, dust-jacket. Probably the 1st US edition.

[and:] Ballads and Stories from Tun-Huang. New York: 1960. Octavo. Original cloth, dust-jacket. 1st US edition.

[and:] The Secret History of the Mongols and other pieces. London: [1963]. Octavo. original cloth, dust-jacket. 1st edition.

[and:] The Opium War through Chinese Eyes. London: [1960] Octavo. 1 full-page map. Original boards, dust-jacket. 1st edition, second impression.

[and:] More Translations from the Chinese. New York: 1919. Small octavo. original cloth-backed boards (rubbed and chipped, inner hinges cracked). 1st US edition.

[and:] The Life and Times of Po Chu-I 772-846 A.D. New York: Octavo. Frontispiece, one folding map. Original cloth, dust-jacket. Probably the 1st US edition.

[and:] ten others (9 by Waley  and 1 bibliography of Waley’s work). (19).

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