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Faber & Faber, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. Third Impression. 366 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable sunning to spine and edges. Bleaching to boards. Textblock is shaky.

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1935. Hardcover. Good. 1935. Reprinted. 111 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Black and white illustrated and photographic plates. Pages are bright and clear with light foxing, thumb marking and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining,tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hesperides Press, 2006-07-01. Paperback. Good.

London: Faber & Faber, 1947. Fourth Impression . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 366pp.incl.index; HB green w/orange; rubbed w/spine&edges sunned; slight bow; clean,tight pgs. Chinese art c.3000BC -1912AD. b/w illus.

Faber and Faber, January 1951. Hardcover Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good Hardcover with No DJ. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers. Textblock soiled/foxed, which has very lightly bled onto some pages. Name on inside cover. Tearing on inside hinge. Mild soiling on inside covers and endpapers. Otherwise, pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

New York: Beechhurst, 1953. First. hardcover. very good. Color frontispiece with 192 illustrations. 366 pages. 8vo, green cloth; somewhat worn. New York: Beechhurst, (1953). First American edition. Several pages with minor penciling, else a very good copy.<br/><br/>

London: Faber and Faber, 1935. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. From Pre-Han Period to Ch'ing Dynasty. Illustrated with 144 B&W Plates. Red cloth cover with Black lettering to front and spine. 86, 9 3/4" Tall, 820g. Some wear and frayinmg to cloth at spine ends. No inscriptions. Pages & Plates in nice, clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Beechhurst Press. Used - Acceptable. 1953. Hardcover. 8vo. Ex-library, with the usual faults. Fraying and wear to spine. Bumping to boards. A sound reading copy. No Dust Jacket. (Subject: China).

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd, 1935 Book. Good. Yellow Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of essays on the various forms of Chinese art presented at an exhibition by the Royal Academy of Arts at Burlington House, London, in 1935-36. 111pp illustrated with 24 black and white plates. Red lettering to spine. Some marking to boards and edges and some turned corners, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Faber & Faber, 1953. First Edition; Sixth Impression. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Faber and Faber 1947. Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1935. Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition. Second impression of 1936. Minor tanning and edgewear to the hardcover; bumps and slight splits to the lower leading corners. Foxing on the hardcover, page block and a few pages. Previous owner's details penned on FEP; tanning on both endpapers. The spine is a little cocked, however the binding remains sound. All text and images are clear. CM. Hardcover. Good. Used.

London: Faber & Faber, November 1935. First edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine/Good+. Tall 8vo. Jade green boards, scarlet lettering to spine and top board, orange endpapers. In the uncommon, unclipped dust jacket, with some edgewear, small closed tears, frayed to hd of spine. Jacket now housed in a removable, transparent Brodart sleeve. pp. 397, b&w frontis and 144 plates, all bright and well composed.

London: Faber & Faber, 1945. Cloth binding, 26 cm, 366 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Cond.: goed / good. .

NY: Beechurst, 1953. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 366. Illustrated with 144 plates.A good tight copy in little torn dj. The authors give a survey of each period of Chinese art, with illustrations and a general account of each period.

London: Faber & Faber, 1951. 5th imp.. Very Good. octavo. torn dust jacket 366pp., b/w pls., col. frontis., map, bibliog., index, Ownership signature o/w nice copy

London: Faber and Faber, [1935]., 1935. 8vo. pp. 366. numerous b/w. illus. index. cloth. (spine bumped, slightly shaken, portions soiled & sunned). First Edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

Paperback / softback. New. First published in 1935, this book was intended to provide westerners with a more definite and comprehensive understanding of Chinese Art and its achievements. Newly available opportunities to study authentic examples, such as the Royal Academy exhibition that provided the impetus for this volume, allowed for greater opportunities to conduct in-depth examination than had previously been possible. Following an introduction giving an overview of Chinese art and its history in the west, six chapters cover painting and calligraphy, sculpture and lacquer, 'the potter's art', bronzes and cloisonne enamel, jades, and textiles - supplemented by a chronology of Chinese epochs, a selected bibliography and 25 images.

Routledge, 2018. Paperback. New. 130 pages. 7.79x5.07x0.41 inches.

Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1935 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket); 17 x 25 cm; 1.1 Kg; 397 with black-and-white illustrations thoughout.; Used book with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Ex-libris stamped on the rear of the front cover. Good readable copy.; "We do not aim in this book at doing more than supply a very short introduction to the history of Chinese Art and a series of illustrations of each period of that history. Such is the long and complicated development of the various branches of the Arts which have thrived in China, that it would not be possible in a hundred and forty plates to give anything but the briefest glimpse of a civilization which has so many sides, and our selection of those plates must therefore be arbitrary and leave many gaps. In the same way our introductory essay only skims the surface of the subject, though the notes to the plates contain more detailed supplementary information. But the arrangement… Read More