A Collectors Library, part 6. A group of books on China and its litterature and history. (33 volumes).
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Comprising; Tu Fu, the autogbiography of a Chinese poet, arranged from his poems by Florence Ayscough, London. The Haunted Monastary and the Chinese Maze Murders, Robert van Gulik, New York 1957. Celebrated cases of judge Dee, Dee Goong An, translated by Robert van Gulik, New York, 1976. Romance of the three Kingdoms, Vol I-II. A dream of the red mansions, Vol I-III. The lacquer screen, Robert van Gulik, The Red Pavillion, Robert van Gulik, The Willow pattern, Robert van Gulik, The Haunted Monastery, Robert van Gulik, the Emperors Pearl, Robert van Gulik. 1969. The Death of the wWoman Wang, Jonathan D. Spence, 1978. A Collection of Chinese Lyrics, Alan Ayling & Duncan Mackintosh, London 1967. The Poems of Mao Tse-Tung, Translated by Willis Barnstone, London 1972. Plantaing in the Rain, Du Mu, translated by R F Burton, 1990. Folktales of China, edited by Wolfram Eberhard, 1968. Peking Opera and Mei Lanfang, by Wu Zugang, Huang Zuolin and Mei Shaowu. Trade and dominion, J. H. Parry, 1974. A history of Chinese Litterature, By Herbert G. Giles, Japan 1991. A Judge Dee Mystery, Murder in Canton, by Robert van Gulik, The Monkey and the Tiger by Robert van Gulik. The Chinese Bell Murders, Robert van Gulik, The Emperors Pearl, Robert van Gulik. The Willow Pattern, Robert van Gulik. Li Po and Tu Fu, 1973. Poems of the late Tang, Penguin Classics. One Hundred and Seventy Chines Poems, translated by Arthur Waley. A Golden Treasury of Chinese Poetry, translated by John Turner, London 1979. Emperor of China, Self-Portrait of Kangshi, by Jonathan D. Spence. 1974. Selected Poems of the Tang & Song dynasties. Hermit of Peking, The hidden life of Sir Edmund Backhouse. Hugh Trevor Roper. 1978.
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Provenance
From the Collection of Ann Kreuger (l1926-2022).
Ann Kreuger is well known in the circles of snuff bottles collectors, dealers and auction houses. She was an active member in the Snuff bottle society, researched, collected, lectured, and wrote numerous articles in the subject. Her deep interest in Chinese culture, language, tradition, and history led her to build a very rich library on the subject. A large part of her collection of snuff bottles was sold at Sotheby’s, see the single owner sale ‘The Guo’an Collection of fine Chinese snuff bottles, Hong Kong, Monday 30 October 2000, from where they found their way into other prestigious collections.