WANEX1 Wang Xinfu: ESHUXUAN QIE CUN SHANBEN LU. (Fine Editions in the Storechest of Eshuxuan). 蛾術軒篋存善本錄 。 王欣夫 撰. Shanghai, 2002. 14, 79, 1-975; 977-1684, 66 pp. Plus 8 pp. of b/w plates with reproductions. Index. 2 vols. 21x15 cm. Cloth. GBP 60.00 This detailed bibliography of his own collection by Wang Xinfu (1911-1966) is remarkable for a number of reasons. Wang's collection of carefully selected titles was made relatively late and is strong in unusual and rare Qing period editions that have not typically received much attention from traditional Chinese collectors, who concentrate on earlier and rarer material. Moreover, Wang's articles on over 1000 titles are detailed and scholarly, including his comments on the processes of a book's composition and publication, and also, sometimes, the circumstances by which he acquired the book. He thus provides invaluable and hard-to-come-by information on writers and publishers in China: details of lives, institutions and activities. In this he approximates more to the sociological, cultural studies inflected approach to bibliography that is important to contemporary scholarship and literary studies. In Chinese only. Out-of-print and scarce. Subjects: Bibliography Rare Books Item 685 in List 215. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?w/WANEX1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.