Description: Chinese Literature Catalogs. 9 Booklets in a large hardcover wrap with closures. 1933, each booklet: approx. 50pp, 7 x 10", 8vo, softcover, bound with twine. In good condition with some age-related wear and minimal marks from previous use. The exterior enclosure has some rubbing. The closures are still intact. The previous owner has left a black-inked faculty stamp on the front title strip on the enclosure, as well as on some of the front covers and title pages of the booklets. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. An extremely scarce collection of 9 booklets, in Chinese. This specific set of books once resided in the prestigious library of language scholar Johannes Rahder (1898-1988). Rahder was a Dutch Orientalist and professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden from 1931 through 1946, and at Yale University from 1947 through 1965. He was depicted in the work of the legendary Langston Hughes' (1901-1967) 'I Wonder, I Wander'. After a brief meeting between the two figures on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933, Hughes recognized Rahder as being a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages". Rahder's black-inked Yale University faculty stamps can be found throughout these booklets. FORN-SHELF-0549-BB-2406-eb0743
Price: 500 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-09-08T20:13:11.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.88 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Language: Chinese
Region: Asia
Publisher: Hokuryukan Co.
