Chinese Jades in the Collection of Stanley Charles Nott: Being an Illustrated Descriptive Record: Exhaustively Reviewing the Symbolic Ritualistic Appurtenances of Chinese Jades and Their Various Sacrificial Usages, [etc.]
by Nott, Stanley Charles; Lin Yutang and Chih Meng
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St. Augustine, FL: The Record Company/Stanley Charles Nott, 1942. First edition, limited. Hardcover. Good+. Folio (12.5"x9"). 536pp. Green cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles, all edges stained green. Chipped & closed tears to spine extremes. Corners rubbed. Dent to fore-edge of upper cover. Gilt loss. Lightly toned pages. Missing dust jacket. B&W illustrations, B&W photo plates throughout. Sound binding. Inscribed, "To Mr. Frank D. Waller, with the compliments and best wishes of the author", signed by Nott & his wife Lucille Nott. Numbered 206 from a limited edition of 1000 copies. Includes two publications from The House of Jade, one is an exhibition catalog of the Nott collection (heavily chipped/worn edges).
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- Title
- Chinese Jades in the Collection of Stanley Charles Nott: Being an Illustrated Descriptive Record: Exhaustively Reviewing the Symbolic Ritualistic Appurtenances of Chinese Jades and Their Various Sacrificial Usages, [etc.]
- Author
- Nott, Stanley Charles; Lin Yutang and Chih Meng
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, limited
- Publisher
- The Record Company/Stanley Charles Nott
- Place of Publication
- St. Augustine, FL
- Date Published
- 1942
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