The Sacred Oasis. Caves of the Thousand Buddhas - Tun Huang - with a preface by Pearl Buck
by Vincent, Irene Vongehr, text; Pearl Buck, preface
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1953. Hardcover. First American edition: xix, 114p., illustrated with a number of b&w interiors of caves and other sites, one colorphoto as frontispiece and a line map bound in at back. Hardbound in openweave 9.5x6 inch black cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself is touched with sun-faded spots where dust jacket wasn't, and said dust jacket is severely edgeworn and dirty. All in all, a good (good-only) copy.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 297255
- Title
- The Sacred Oasis. Caves of the Thousand Buddhas - Tun Huang - with a preface by Pearl Buck
- Author
- Vincent, Irene Vongehr, text; Pearl Buck, preface
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1953
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1940S; China; Art; Sculpture; Antiquities;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- 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...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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