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London: Thames And Hudson, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light gray textured cloth front cover gilt illustration. Near fine in worn dust wrapper. 186 pages. 31 x 25 cm. 34 color plates, 120 photogravure illustrations and six diagrams. Bibliography, List of Color Plates and Index. Ursus Books label.

Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white patterned cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Unpaginated. 34 x 26 cm. Seventy five plates, most are full page and in color with extensive descriptions for each. Selected Bibliography and Index of Chinese names and terms.

London: Order Of The Trustees, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good. 310 pages in text. 4to, 28 x 22 cm. Forty-two plates and 132 illustrations in the text. Index. Classic work on English pottery, toning to first few and last leaves, text otherwise clean, wrinkling to cloth covers, rubbing to backstrip extremities.

New York: Harper & Row, 1974. First American edition. Orig. cream patterned cloth. Fine in nicked, very good dust wrapper. 317 pages. 33 x 28.5 cm. 111 tipped-in color plates, more than 350 black and white illustrations, plus drawings and maps. Printed in Switzerland. A definitive study of Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the 20th century. Catalogue, Appendices, Bibliography and Index.

New York & London: Charles Scribner's Sons & Chapman and Hall, 1898. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth decorated in leaf motifs. Very good. 2 vols. 409, 411 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Vol. I: 436 illustrations (Charles Scribner's Sons), Vol.II; 317 illustrations (Chapman and Hall). Modest intermittent toning Vol. I, Vol. II clean, slight crinkling to backstrip extremities.

Nanking: Museum of The Institute of History and Philology, 2002. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. 329 pages. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. The museum has over 400,000 items in its permanent collection, making it one of the largest in China. Especially notable is the museum's enormous collections of Ming and Qing imperial porcelain, which is among the largest in the world. Preparatory Office for the Academia Sinica Museum was established in 1933. Dr. Fu Ssu-nien envisioned the museum as a center for educating the public, promoting society's interest in cultural heritage and broadening the historical horizons of common citizens. By associating the artifacts with their relevant natural history, the museum differed considerably from other museums which simply displayed their collections out of context. Some of the Museum's contents were sent to Taiwan during the Japanese invasion of China. Profusely illustrated with color plates. Text in English and Chinese.

Newport: R.H. Johns Ltd, 1951. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. full blue calf lettered and decorated in gilt. Teg. Near fine. 132 pages. Folio, 545 illustrations with forty-five in color. Bibliography. Index. Limited edition, one of 35 copies, this one unnumbered. As the authors note in their introduction, "The increase in the prices for lustre ware of all types have been remarkable..." This book provides a comprehensive study, presents new research regarding the origin of individual items (actual manufactories), and corrects some dating errors. Raised bands, border fillets in gilt, backstrip sunned, owner inscription, lovely clean copy.

New York: E. Weyhe, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Very good. 259 pages. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. 94 plates. Limited edition, copy 261 of 500. All descriptive lettered tissue guards present. The author states, " The genesis of Mohammadan art is psychologically one of the most interesting chapters in the history of art." Ceramics presented are from the 12th to 14th centuries. Bibliography. Index. Interior contents clean, backstrip extremities and lower corners worn.

Basel: Galerie Beyeler, 1989. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 105 pages. 30 x 25 cm. 106 color plates printed recto only. Essay by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. Text in French.

New York: Meredith Press, 1968. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. 386 pages. Sixteen plates in full-color and 122 pages of black and white plates with the greater part of the illustrations here, never reproduced previously. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P272. "An erudite, readable survey of European and American pottery and porcelain....Emphasizes the social and economic aspects in the development of ceramics rather than stylistic factors.

Sigapore: Sun Tree Publishing Co, 1998. Hardcover. Orig. white cloth lettered in silver. Fine in fine dust warpper. 190 pages. 31 x 23.5 cm. 211 illustrations in color and black and white printed on glossy stock. Ceramics for the After-LIfe. Catalogue. List of Lenders. Glossary.

Np: Five Thousand Years of Chinese Art, Nd. Hardcover. Orig. pebble grained light olive boards lettered and decorated in gilt. Fine in fine dust wrappers. Unpaginated. 30.5 x 21.5 cm. Profusion of full page color plates in Vol. I and similarly in Vol. II with full page black and white plates. Text in Chinese. Approximately 60 pages in each volume.