Translated from the Chinese by Arthur Waley.
Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
305 pages.
6th impression, 1953.
Title page and dustwrapper illustrated by David Grant.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper slightly worn and chipped at edges, with neat repairs and reinforcement to reverse.
Two faded patches on rear board.
Edges of covers slightly worn.
Covers otherwise clean and unmarked.
Binding sound.
Some fly-spotting at centre of fore-edge.
Contents clean and unmarked, but very slightly tanned.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.

Octavo.
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
320 pages.
Covers and binding sound.
Foxing to edges of page block, prelims and early pages.
Good condition.

Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Foxing to prelims, fore-edge and intermitently to page edges.
Good condition.