Author: GOODRICH, ANNE SWAN
Title: Chinese Hells: The Peking Temple of Eighteen Hells and Chinese Conceptions of Hell
Description: St. Augustin, Monumenta Serica. 1981, First Edition. Green Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs. Hardcover, Immaculate and tight textblock with former owner's return address label on ffep; Detailed b&w photographs. Bright green cloth binding, minimally shelf worn. Unclipped dust jacket, chipping to corners on head of spine, light loss to extremities, crease on front top corner. In beautiful, handmade Robert Wang slipcase; 167p. including appendix, bibliography, and index. This book is considered a sequel to the author's previous book "The Peking Temple of the Eastern Peak". Traces the origins of Chinese ideas of Hell, and the world of gods and ghosts. Near Fine/Very Good (in mylar).

Keywords: Chinese Literature and History, Peking Temple of Eighteen Hells History, Chinese Conceptions of Hell, Chinese Religion, Chinese Religious Aspects B&W Photographs


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