Chinese Furniture
by Beurdeley, Michel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g+ to vg
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York; Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Large quarto. 199, [1]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over green cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Book housed in its original cardboard slipcase. Illustrated with 237 b/w and color photographic reproductions, this splendid volume traces the development of the styles and designs of furniture and home furnishings in China from ancient times to the 20th century. Includes recent auction records in Paris, London and New York, as well as a glossary, and a bibliography. Moderate sunning along edges of slipcase. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Slipcase in overall good, dust-jacket, binding and interior in good+ to very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37491
- Title
- Chinese Furniture
- Author
- Beurdeley, Michel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g+ to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Kodansha International
- Place of Publication
- New York; Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Ancient Chinese furniture, 20th century, Modern, First edition, Illustrated, Reference
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- VG
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- Quarto
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- G+
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- Edges
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