Shelfmark
Classroom.Kes (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
CS.1309.38 (Copy 2)
Author
Uniform title
[Xi you ji. English]
Title
Monkey / by Wu Ch'eng-ên ; translated from the Chinese by Arthur Waley ; Duncan Grant designed the title page and jacket.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : George Allen & Unwin, 1942.
Physical description
303, [1] p. ; 23 cm.
Note
English translation of Xi you ji.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
"First published in 1942"--T.p. verso.
Provenance
Copy 1: Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler; Kessler bookplate.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. inscription reading "Received from Mother in Amersham November 1942 (last book received before occupation of all France.) Raymond Conrad".
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. inscriptions on front flyleaf and back pastedown, including "Meissner", "1st Ed", "Raef Payne", and "Valuable with dustjacket".
Binding
Copy 2: Publisher's hardback binding with coloured illustrated dust jacket.
Subject
Xuanzang, approximately 596 - 664 Fiction.
Subject
Folklore China.
Subject
Epic literature, Chinese Translations into English.
Added entry--name
Waley, Arthur. translator.
Added entry--name
Grant, Duncan, 1885 - 1978 artist.
Added entry--name
Payne, Raef John Godfrey former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng chi
Identifier
B16792