tsiang hsi tseng (4 résultats)

Leather. Etat : Good. Published by the author; New York City, 1935. Hardcover. Second Printing. A Good, original paperback book in wraps bound in three quarter quality leather, moderate handling/rubbing to leather, some moisture damage/discoloration to top front/rear board and spine, rubbing along board and spine edges, text block edges a bit pulpy, some age toning to pages, top text block edge a bit dusty with few small moisture stains, half inch tear at fore-edge of original front paperback cover, few soiled spots on original paperback covers, ink scribble top rear paperback cover, bit of soiling top of page 73, pages 154-155 with ink marking and some pages between 169-185 with colored pencil markings, pages 195-196 with ink underlining, handful of pages with some soiling, some biblichor, leather a bit dry, leather joints starting to crack. A good and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 222pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fair in boards. 2 inch open tear at bottom of front gutter and top of rear gutter. Toned spine. Fraying along panel corners. ; Signed by author on title page. ; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Small octavo, 19.2*13cm, 157pp. SIGNED by H. T. Tsiang. Small faint water stain to lower page edge, otherwise a very good copy. Photos available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Unbound. Etat : Near Fine. A small file of correspondence between Left-Wing Chinese-American author Hsi Tseng Tsiang and representatives of the A.C.L.U. attempting to have Tsiang released from Ellis Island, where he was being held for long overstaying his student visa, starting when he had attended Stanford starting in 1926. Tsiang wrote three proletarian novels, the best known being *The Hanging on Union Square* and *And China Has Hands*. Later in life he fashioned a career as an actor, appearing in *The Purple Heart, Tokyo Rose*, and *Oceans Eleven*, among others. A brief but interesting look at an undocumented immigrant Chinese-American with what must have seemed like questionable politics in a perilous time. The correspondence consists of: 1. Undated clipping from an unknown newspaper headlined: "Chinese Poet Happy On Ellis Island" about a visit made to Tsiang at Ellis Island where he was being held for deportation and expressing his concern that if returned to China he would executed by the Japanese occupiers, and including the text of a poem he wrote about his stay at Ellis Island. 2. Typed Letter Signed from Hsi Tseng Tsiang at Ellis Island to Mrs. H.G. Valentine in Huntington Long Island dated 10 March 1940. Folded as mailed, near fine, with original envelope, a bit roughly opened. In somewhat broken English Tsiang responds in the affirmative to another letter from Valentine (not present) agreeing to her suggestion that she intercede with Roger Baldwin at the ACLU to plead Tsiang's case. 3. Printed copy of a New York Times article (probably from a clipping service) on an 8.5" x 11" sheet from 22 October 1939 about Tsiang's internment at Ellis Island. Folded as mailed, near fine. On the verso is a Typed Poem *Epitaph* about Ellis Island and America, signed in type by Tsieng from Ellis Island. Old folds from mailing, small tear, near fine. 4. Typed Letter Signed on ACLU stationary by Roger Baldwin to Mrs. Valentine, dated March 28, 1940 enclosing a carbon copy (which is present) of a letter sent by Baldwin to the Commissioner General at Washington, pleading Tsiang's case, and soliciting a donation to the ACLU. Folded as mailed, near fine. 5. Carbon copy of a letter sent by Baldwin to the Commissioner General at Washington, pleading Tsiang's case (see #4 above). Folded as mailed, small tears, very good.