Chinese Art
by MacKenzie, Finlay
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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LA QUINTA, California, United States
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About This Item
LONDON: Spring Books, 1963. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition 1963. Black cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine in very good condition (near fine). Shows some aging and fading to spine--but clean tight and square throughout without any markings. A couple of tape pulls on front and back pastedowns where previous owner had taped paper to book. No dustjacket. Very collectable copy with full color illustrations. Photographs of art items from the finest of European museums--bronzes, pottery and porcelain, painting and calligraphy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Classic First Editions (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- cfe11034
- Title
- Chinese Art
- Author
- MacKenzie, Finlay
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Spring Books
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- ART CHINESE POTTERY PORCELAIN
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Classic First Editions
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LA QUINTA, California
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...