The Early Ceramic Wares of China
London, England: Benn Brothers, Ltd., 1922. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt lettering and design. 160 pp. 12 color, 88 bw plates. A very nice copy. Important and still standard reference. More
London, England: Benn Brothers, Ltd., 1922. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt lettering and design. 160 pp. 12 color, 88 bw plates. A very nice copy. Important and still standard reference. More
London, England: Hugh M. Moss Ltd., 1974. Hardcover. light tan cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. illustrated pastedowns & endpapers. 378 pgs w/ bw & color tipped-in plates. pink paper & illustrated slipcase. Includes 287 black/white and color illustrations. Occasional light creases to upper page corners. A nice bright copy..... More
Kyoto: Bokubi-sha, 1958. Hardcover. Japanese/English language text. Blue cloth boards. Illustrated dj. various pagings, illustrations. Also known as:; Zen to bijutsu. More
Paris: Albert Levy, 1927. Hardcover. Yellow cloth boards, gilt spine lettering; tan dust jacket with black lettering and bw illustrations on front cover, protected in a glassine jacket. Color illustrated frontispiece with descriptive guard page. 15 pp, 100 leaves of plates, 100 color illustrations. Text in French. One Hundred Color..... More
London, England: Ernest Benn, 1952. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth. 20 pp. Color frontis and 100 color plates. A pictorial survey of Chinese art, including pottery and porcelain of all periods, jades, paintings, lacquer, bronzes and furniture, introduced by an outline sketch. Revised and edited by Soame Jenyns. Originally published in 1927..... More
London, England: Spring Books, 1964. Hardcover. Yellow cloth with red lettering; white dj with color image and red/black lettering. 20 pp. 100 color plates. A pictorial survey of Chinese art, including pottery and porcelain of all periods, jades, paintings, lacquer, bronzes and furniture, introduced by an outline sketch. Revised and..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1927. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt emblem and gilt lettering on spine. 14 deckled pp text + 100 color plates with descriptions on opposing pages. Title continues: "Introduced by an Outline Sketch of Chinese Art by R.L. Hobson, Keeper of The Department of Ceramics and Ethnography..... More
London: The Studio, Ltd., 1942. Softcover. Orange paper wraps with white lace illustration and black lettering. 80+iv pp. and 72 plates, 8 in color. Choc full of information, very clear bw plates, figures of shapes and patterns, essays and much more. Even the adverts are good! More
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Hua Hsia Publications, 1972. Hardcover. blue, silken cloth beveled boards w/ decorative gilt designs & printing. 523 pgs w/ color illustrations, fold-out plates. glossy illustrated dustjacket w/ red printing. Wonderfully illustrated. More
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1941. Sixth Printing. Softbound. Blue silk-covered boards with paper label. . 156 pp. folding table at rear. Later reprinted by Tuttle in 1958. More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006. Hardcover. Red stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, tan and color pictorial dust jacket, 521 pp., many color illus. "Spanning some seven thousand years, [this book] explores a beautiful and diverse world of objects, many of which have come to light in..... More
Taiwan: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 2008. Softbound. Stiff color pictorial boards, 132pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. Text is in Taiwanese. Collected essays from the National Museum of Fine Arts quarterly journal. More
Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. Art Show Publishing House, 1999. Hardcover. Blue-black & color illus. boards. 144 pp. Profuse color plates; CD-ROM included. Profiles "the works and biographies of 274 contemporary [Taiwanese] artists, [and] shows the great range of artistic expression in Taiwan." (p. 5) Includes still-sealed CD-ROM of artwork... More
Taiwan: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 2009. Softbound. Stiff color pictorial wraps, 55pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. Text is in Taiwanese. Collected essays from the National Museum of Fine Arts quarterly journal. More
Taiwan: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 2009. Softbound. Stiff color pictorial wraps, 142pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. Text is in Taiwanese. Collected essays from the National Museum of Fine Arts quarterly journal. More
Taichung, Taiwan: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 2014. Softcover. Yellow printed wraps, French flaps, 140 pp., color illus. Text is in Chinese and English. Presents four papers from this conference that focused on Taiwanese art: A Biennial in the Name of This Land / Cheng-Lin Chang -- Can You..... More
New York: Weatherhill, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan textured cloth boards, with brown textured cloth spine, 245 pp., 1000 color illus.; held in matching board slipcase with brown textured cloth edges and maroon and cream and illus. glossy cover. A nice collection of collections of the miniature Japanese carved sculptures..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1998. Hardcover. Coal black cloth over boards; silver lettering. Silver dj with color photo and maroon spine lettering. 204 pp. with bw images throughout. Text in English. Sections on Japan, China, Korea with individual chapters: Early Prototypes and Interpretive Approaches; Shinden-Zukuri as Prototype, and Two Divergent Interpretations;..... More
The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1923. Hardcover. porfolio w/ tan boards & gilt emblem; gilt printed white linen spine. 12 pg packet; 6 paper folders w/ 26 tipped-in bw plates. Text in Dutch & French. This is copy 461 of 475. A nice collection of Indian art and sculpture. Introduction..... More
Seoul, Korea: International Cultural Society of Korea, 1989. Hardcover. Crimson cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, burgundy and color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 504 pp., many color and BW illus., color illus. cardboard slipcase. Details works of Korean art found in 13 collections: The Newark Museum, Metropolitan..... More
Washington, DC: International Sculpture Center, 1993. Softcover. White & decorated wraps, 109 pp., BW & color illus. Text is in English, with Japanese acknowledgments and artwork credits. Issued in conjunction with a 1993 exhibition. Essays: The Origins and Evolution of Japanese Calligraphy . Cecil H. Uyehara -- The Calligraphic Spirit..... More
[London]: Victoria and Albert Museum, 197-? Softcover. Orange stapled wraps. 22 pp. 26 BW and color frontispiece. Reprinted from the Victoria and Albert Museum Yearbook 3, 1972. A study of the famous Indian sculpture. More
NY: Harry N. Abrams / Kodansha International, 1964. Hardcover. Black cloth with gold spine lettering. Beautiful, decorative end papers. 195 pp. 32 tipped-in color, 162 bw plates. English adaptation by Charles S. Terry. Contents: The Early History of Prints - Printed Illustrations in Buddhist Prints - Prints on Fans and..... More
Tokyo / London / New York: Kodansha International, 1982. Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ debossed gilt spine printing. 208 pgs w/ 161 color plates; various bw & color illustrations. gold, pictorial glossy dustjacket. A sharp, clean and tightly bound copy; appears unread. Lavishly illustrated. Each plate annotated. More
Tokyo: Bukkuendo, 2015. Softcover. Japanese language text. Color wraps. 263 pages : illustrations. More