Chinese Fairy Tales & Fantasies - Moss Roberts - Folio Society - 2014 1st Edition

Edition
Chinese Fairy Tales & Fantasies - Moss Roberts - Folio Society - 2014 1st Edition

Condition
Brand New.  Sealed 

Details
Chinese fairy tales & fantasies, translated and edited by Moss Roberts, with the assistance of C.N. Tay, preface by Yiyun Li, illustrated by Victo Ngai. 240 × 151 × 30 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxv [xxvi–xxviii], [1–4] 5–256 [257–260]: [8] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. [iii], 37, 52, 101, 116, 132, 164 and 228). Type: Elysium Book. Printed and bound by L.E.G.O. in full black buckram blocked in red, white and gold with a design by Victo Ngai; black endleaves printed in gold. Gold slip case. Contains 95 stories, from the fifth-century bc to the eighteenth century. In addition to the striking full-page colour illustrations, the artist has supplied drawings of plants in black and white.