Description
Yu, Lu
The Classic of Tea
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1974
1st Ed., 8vo medium, white boards, extensive gilt design on front and back cover, spine is all gold with title in black. Jacket is has small crease and chip on front cover. Fine.
Written over a thousand years ago, Introduced and translated by Francis Ross Carpenter. Illustrated by Demi Hitz. Original Chinese script is on the cover page, artfully. Frontispiece is a oriental woman in front of oriental buildings drinking a cup of tea, which includes the following poem;
Silently, silently I steal into my chambers
Deserted.
Deserted and barren is the grand hall.
Waiting.
Waiting for a man who will not return.
Resigned. I go get my tea.
