Clara M. Candlin (trns.)

The Rapier of Lu: Patriot Poet of China

London: Butler and Tanner, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover in bright orange cloth lettered and decorated in yellow. 68 pp with index. Fine in well preserved dust wrapper, small publisher's price stick og "4'_net" lower corner of the front panel and again on the lower spine. The translations of Chinese poetry in this volume are selected from the Complete Works, which number two thousand poems, of Lu Yu, a Patriot Poet of the Sung Dynasty, and comprise lyrics on nature, travel and warrior themes. Fine / near fine. Item #E36809

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