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WALEY, Arthur. Pre-T’ang Poetry. Thirty-eight Poems by Po Chu-I … [Reprinted from the Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, London Institution, No. I, 1917.]. [No place: no publisher, c. 1917]. 8°. 78-page offprint. Original grey printed wrappers (some discolouration at edges). PRESENTATION COPY, the verso of the upper wrapper inscribed, “To S. Cockerell from ADW, Sept 1917.” Loosely-inserted are some unbound sheets from “The New China Review” inscribed: “S. C. Cockerell. Given to me by Prof Giles, May 20 1920.” With 9 other books of related interest: More Translations from the Chinese by Arthur Waley (New York, 1919, INSCRIBED “From Arthur Waley to the Library of Oglethorpe University, April 26, 1920” and further inscribed by Waley, “To Marjorie Strachey, August 5, 1924”), another copy of the English edition (1919), SIGNED by Waley, The Poet Li Po A.D. 701-762. By Arthur Waley (London, 1919, SIGNED by Arthur Waley), The Temple and Other Poems Translated by Arthur Waley (London, 1923, SIGNED by Arthur Waley),The Poetry and Career of Li Po (signed by the author in January 1964 (1950), two copies of The Book of Songs (1937), The Life and Times of Po Chu-I (1949) and Select Chinese Verses Translated by Herbert A. Giles and Arthur Waley (Shanghai, 1935, SIGNED by Arthur Waley).

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WALEY, Arthur. Pre-T’ang Poetry. Thirty-eight Poems by Po Chu-I … [Reprinted from the Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, London Institution, No. I, 1917.]. [No place: no publisher, c. 1917]. 8°. 78-page offprint. Original grey printed wrappers (some discolouration at edges). PRESENTATION COPY, the verso of the upper wrapper inscribed, “To S. Cockerell from ADW, Sept 1917.” Loosely-inserted are some unbound sheets from “The New China Review” inscribed: “S. C. Cockerell. Given to me by Prof Giles, May 20 1920.” With 9 other books of related interest: More Translations from the Chinese by Arthur Waley (New York, 1919, INSCRIBED “From Arthur Waley to the Library of Oglethorpe University, April 26, 1920” and further inscribed by Waley, “To Marjorie Strachey, August 5, 1924”), another copy of the English edition (1919), SIGNED by Waley, The Poet Li Po A.D. 701-762. By Arthur Waley (London, 1919, SIGNED by Arthur Waley), The Temple and Other Poems Translated by Arthur Waley (London, 1923, SIGNED by Arthur Waley),The Poetry and Career of Li Po (signed by the author in January 1964 (1950), two copies of The Book of Songs (1937), The Life and Times of Po Chu-I (1949) and Select Chinese Verses Translated by Herbert A. Giles and Arthur Waley (Shanghai, 1935, SIGNED by Arthur Waley).
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