A Glossary of Chinese Art and Archaeology
by Hansford, S. Howard
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The China Society, 1972. Reprint. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. N/a. 104pp. 1972. Second edition reprint. A very good, clean, tight copy in very good minus jacket. Original publisher's boards embossed in white to the spine and to the front board. 'A handbook of technical terms that meets a long felt need of students and collectors of Chinese art and antiquities. Some foxing to the upper fore-edge - extremely light and scattered elsewhere and a black ink former book seller's stamp to the lower corner of the rear endpaper (Harris, book co. Hong Kong). Several faint marks to the boards - in no way heavy. The jacket has been price-clipped and is a little chipped to the head and tail of the spine and to severl board corners. A very good, clean, tight copy in a very good minus jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 235215
- Title
- A Glossary of Chinese Art and Archaeology
- Author
- Hansford, S. Howard
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The China Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.