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Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain
by Howard, David Sanctuary Ayers, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0856670839
- ISBN 13
- 9780856670831
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1980* Publisher: Sotheby Parke Bennet.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, Gilt title to spine. Lightly bumped to head & tail of spine, top edge a little sunned otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Jacket condition: Colour photo wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £12.95. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight colouration to page margins, VG* Illustrations: Colour photos throughout. * Pages: 80 pp. text. No Index at rear.* Description: The sixty two masterpieces of Chinese export porcelain, illustrated here in full colour, have been selected from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum. This is one of the finest collections of the century and they give a representative view of these wares in all their different styles. The introduction which precedes the individual items tells the story of export of Chinese porcelain over the last two thousand years..* A VERY GOOD copy with only minor faults.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2106
- Title
- Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain
- Author
- Howard, David Sanctuary Ayers, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0856670839
- ISBN 13
- 9780856670831
- Publisher
- Sotheby Parke Bernet
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 80
- Date Published
- 1980-05-27
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