Early Chinese Jades by Una Pope-Hennessy - 2008-10-27

New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Ernest Benn, Ltd, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 149pp. Text, including bibliography and index. Plus 64 plates, eight in color. Grey cloth, spine stamped in gold. General light wear, darkening to spine, bump to bottom of spine,corners are bumped or turned. Light foxing to endpapers and blanks. Still a nice solid copy. Heavy volume, overseas shipping not recommended.

New York 1923, Stokes. Grey cloth, very good, thick volume, 148p. text + 8 color, 64p. b.w. plates, index, bibliograhy, chronology, glossary, first few pages a bit foxed, else very clean, 22 x 29 cm. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION QUITE SCARCE An important reference source, covering jade quarries, the siginficance of jade, astronomical instruments in jade, the Six Ritual jades, tablets and weapons, jades for the living and the dead, seals, musical instruments, and mountains, vessels of jade, animals, dragon, cicada, toad, human figure in jade. This is an outstanding and classic study, long tre- asuredby students and collectors as the major source for re- liable knowledge. Discussing over eighty individual pieces. .

London, England: Ernest Benn, Limited, 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. This is the first printing of the first edition. Published 1923. Printed and bound in Great Britain at the Mayflower Press, Plymouth, and by William Brendon & Sons, Ltd. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. Greenish-gray buckram binding on heavy-duty boards, with fairly crisp gilt-stamped lettering to the spine. Lightly bumped spine head and tail, and fairly sharp corners. Text block firmly bound in. Moderate cocking to the spine. Plain pastedowns and FEPs. Previous owner name, James Cromar Watt, in neat pencil hand to the front FEP. With xx and 148 numbered pages of text, followed by LXIV plates, the first 12 of which are in color. All plates on heavy-weight, semi-glossy paper and each plate with a transparent protective sheet facing it. No remainder marks. An unusually clean and attractive copy, and fairly tight. Respectfully read. The original dust jacket is present, although its spine is missing. The DJ is protected in a… Read More

London:: Ernest Benn, Limited,, 1923.. First edition.. publisher's gilt-lettered cloth.. A fine copy.. Folio,. Illustrated with black and white plates from photographs..