Search Results: the silent traveller in new york by chiang yee

Applewood Books, 2016. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

John Day Company, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: John Day Co., 1950. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth, lettered in green. 1st ed. (no addt'l ptgs. indicated). xv,281 pp., color plates, b&w illus., endpaper maps. Minor soiling to cover cloth, text block edges a bit dulled by age. Firm binding..

NY: John Day, (1950). 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in a lightly edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket. Another in the author's popular series of early-mid-20th-century travel guides from an Asian perspective, this one representing his first trip across the Atlantic where he brings New York City to life with 120+ of his own pen-and-ink drawings & 17 full-color plates, created using traditional Chinese technique & media, painting on both absorbent paper & sometimes silk. His observations on the life and scenery of America are as oblique and charming as ever, while his experiences round Times Square, along Fifth Avenue, in Chinatown, Greenwich Village, the Bowery, and Harlem are depicted with the postwar charm that would soon be lost forever. In 281 pages with map endpapers, this is the First American Edition (no date in book, but research places it at 1950). Record # 382108

London: Methuem & Co., 1950. Square and unmarked, with toned page edges, sticker scuff to front fly leaf, slightly musty. Full cloth binding. 281pp. Illustrations. Jacket has some edge wear, darkly toned spine. Now in a new mylar cover.. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

The John Day Company, 1950. Hardcover. Fine. John Day, nd [1950], With a preface by Van Wyck Brooks, 283pp, illustrated with watercolors and black and white drawings within the text by author. 8vo. Cream colored cloth with green titles on front cover and spine. slight discoloration on spine, 2 small smudges on front cover, else fine bright looks unread hardcover.

Applewood Books. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

John Day Publishing -, 1000. Hardcover/Gd. condition/281 pages - Discusses all the sights in New York and the beauty of it all. [AI128824]. Hard Cover. Good.

New York: John Day Company. Very Good. Hardcover. Light to moderate foxing to first and last few pages. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. ; Nd [1953]. One of the most charming books about New York City including color drawings and pencil drawings by the author ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages .

New York: John Day Company. Very Good+. Hardcover; Third Printing. Boards a bit darkened and with light rubbing to extremities. ; Nd [1953]. One of the most charming books about New York City including color drawings and pencil drawings by the author ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Methuen, 1950. First Edition. Chiang Yee. 8vo, pp. 281. Illustrated with colored drawings and paintings. Cover little soiled, owner's name on half title, o/w VG.

New York: John Day, n.d. [1950?]. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover in Good dustjacket

New York, New York: John Day Company, 1950. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Yee, Chiang. Another in the author's popular series of early-mid-20th-century travel guides from an Asian perspective, this one representing his first trip across the Atlantic where he brings New York City to life with 120+ of his own pen-and-ink drawings & 17 full-color plates, created using traditional Chinese technique & media, painting on both absorbent paper & sometimes silk. In 281 pages with map endpapers, this is the First American Edition (no date in book, but research places it at 1950). Octavo. Publisher's cream-colored cloth over boards, decorated with Chinese symbols to front & English title to spine, in green. condition is Near Fine: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages off-white with modest tanning to edges. The price-clipped DJ is just Good, downgraded due to chipping & slight paper loss along entire top edge of front, deepening to… Read More

Methuen, 1950-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. . Book in good condition, Pages clean. Slight edge wear. Dust jacket covered In a Mylar jacket. Ex-library copy with usual markings.

New York: John Day Company, 1950. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of The Silent Traveller in New York by Chiang Yee, signed by former President of Indiana University, William Lowe Bryan.. Octavo, xv, 218pp. Cream cloth, title in green on spine. No additional printings on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to text block, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, stain to bottom of front panel, light soiling to front and rear panels. A few small chips to the lightly sunned spine, one small closed tear to front panel, piece of tape on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Complete with 17 full-page color plates, including frontispiece. Inscribed on title page to "Professor Mary Elizabeth Campbell" from the former President of Indiana University "William L. Bryan" for "Christmas '31." William Lowe Bryan (1860-1955) was the tenth president of Indiana University, serving from 1902-1937. The recipient of this book, Mary Elizabeth Campbell earned her Ph.D. from Indiana… Read More