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19561403162New York: The Ronald Press Company 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. <p>Large Octavos Seven Volumes. In Very Good condition without slipcases. In full red buckram with gilt titles to front boards and spines. Minor wear to boards with very light rubbing on board edges and heads/tails of spines. Faint scrapes on front board of Vol. V. Spines are very slightly cocked with mild bumping along joints and at heads/tails. Text blocks are clean with expected age toning. </p> <br /> <br /> <p>CONTENTS: Vol. I "Part I: The First Millennium Volume I: Early Chinese Painting" xi 235 pages; Vol. II "Part I: The First Millennium Volume II: The Sung Period" vi 95 pages; Vol. III "Part I: The First Millennium Volume III: Plates" xviii 372 pages of plates plus 16 additional plates; Vol. IV "Part II: The Later Centuries Volume IV: The Yüan and Early Ming Masters" x 240 pages; Vol. V "Part II: The Later Centuries Volume V: The Later Mind and Leading Ch'ing Masters" vi 280 pages; Vol. VI "Part II: The Later Centuries Volume VI: Plates" xx 464 pages of plates; Vol. VII "Part II: The Later Centuries Volume VII: Annotated Lists of Paintings and Reproductions of Paintings by Chinese Artists" x 97-466 pages. Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-Volume Area ND-MV.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates.</p> . 1403162. FP New Rockville Stock. The Ronald Press Company hardcover
Z1-Office-00086Les editions D'art et Histoire. Used - Good. 1934 Rough cut card wrapped in printed red paper wrappers. Some pencil to endpapers probably owner's name. Wrappers are worn to the edges. For further description and pictures please message us. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day.Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Les editions D'art et Histoire unknown
19765379Otava 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Flyleaf has a dedication to artist Eila Hitunen and her husband Otso Pietinen from Kaija and Heikki Siren.<br /> Text in Swedish and Finnish. 231 pp. Some rubbing and edge wear to dust jacket. Otava hardcover
1978035579Hacker Art Books 1978. First Edition Thus 1978. Hardcovers without dust jackets as issued. Folio's with 575 total pages of text and 242 pages of plates. The books are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear to edges. Interiors are clean and tight. Pictures available upon request. Profusely illustrated. Blue decorated cloth/spine/ Gold text. International shipping extra. #035579. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ's Issued. Folio. Chinese Art. Hacker Art Books Hardcover
1238<p>Chinese Sculpture from 5th to 14th Century volume 1: Text by Osvalt Siren. Published by Ernest Benn Ltd 1925. Large hardback GOOD</p> Ernest Benn Ltd hardcover
1239Chinese Sculpture from 5th to 14th Century volume II: Plates 1 -205 by Osvalt Siren. Published by Ernest Benn Ltd 1925. Large hardback GOOD Ernest Benn Ltd hardcover
1240<p>Chinese Sculpture from 5th to 14th Century volume III: Plates 206 - 421 by Osvalt Siren. Published by Ernest Benn Ltd 1925. Large hardback Acceptable</p> hardcover
1956202214New York: The Ronald Press Company 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine. Seven volumes full red cloth boards with gilt lettering illustrated with color and b/w plates. No flaws to note except minor toning. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping. From the Asian Art magazine "Osvald Siren 1879-1966 was one of the pioneers of Chinese art history in the world. He left his mark on its major areas including Chinese gardens painting sculpture archaeology and architecture. The curator of Chinese painting and sculpture at the National Museum of Art in Stockholm from 1926 to 1944 he was instrumental in forming its collection having made the first systematic studies of both disciplines. The Ronald Press Company hardcover
1928188189Paris: G. Van Oest 1928. Softcover. Good- heavy shelfwear and tears to wraps; scuffs foxing & darkening. speckled foxing to plate edges; darkening scuffs & smudges to plates otherwise remain fairly bright. All plates appear present. Unbound tan wraps with black lettering in three parts text pages in each before the plates 161 plates. Text in French. Photo does not include the Quatrieme volume. This is the first four volumes of a five volume set. 22 page introduction in volume 1 discusses the various collections from which these images come. The paintings are from a span of nearly a thousand years and are arranged chronologically. In each section the plates are described with an attribution a short physical description and any notable comments on the work's history aesthetics or provenance. The descriptions are printed together in a short section of letterpress pages which is followed by the plates. G. Van Oest paperback
1928188188Paris: G. Van Oest 1928. Softcover. Good heavy shelfwear and tears to wraps light foxing mainly to edges. Plates are otherwise clear. All plates appear present. Unbound tan wraps with black lettering in five parts as issued 112 pp. 200 bw plates. Text is in French. 22 page introduction in volume 1 discusses the various collections from which these images come. The paintings are from a span of nearly a thousand years and are arranged chronologically. In each section the plates are described with an attribution a short physical description and any notable comments on the work's history aesthetics or provenance. The descriptions are printed together in a short section of letterpress pages which is followed by the plates. G. Van Oest paperback
1933153738London: The Medici Society 1933. 43/500. Hardcover. Contents good and clean but for faint age toning to some page fore edges. Art museum ex-lib. copy with ink stamps on reverse of each plate but no bleed-through/visibility on plate face. Museum bookplate very pretty! title page perforation stamp pocket and a small sticker from the original book shop in London where this volume was purchased. First signature of one folded leaf 3 blank sides colophon detached but laid in. Covers were detached as one piece from spine but that has been re-glued an d seems stable. A bit of rubbing to the cloth. Crimson cloth/boards. Gilt lettering on spine. TEG. 140 pp. text followed by 100 bw plates each on a single side of the page. Weighs 5 pounds and may require extra postage. Volume I only of a 2-volume set on the history of Chinese painting. This volume covers the period from the Han to early Sung dynasties. Includes a dedication to the Crown Prince of Sweden H.R.H. Gustav Adolf. With a preface an introduction Remarks about Painting and Calligraphy bibliography and list of illustrations all before the main text. Indices for both volumes appear at the end of VOLUME 2. The chapters each with sub-sections include The Han Period; The Period of the Three Kingdoms and the Six Dynasties; The Transition Period; The Early T'ang Period; The Middle T'ang Period; The Late T'ang and Five Dynasties Period; and Landscape Painters of the Five Dynasties and the Early Sung Period. Very comprehensive. The Medici Society hardcover
19273554907247031927. First Edition. Paris and Bruxelles Librarie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire G. Vanoest Editeur. Les Peintures Chinoises dans les collections Americaines 1927. First Edition. This is a scarce set of 40 large plates of Chinese paintings selected from American collections by Osvald Siren. Large folio size. Text in French. This large folio consists of an outer wrap of heavy brown/tan card with wear and tears to card wrappers but clean inside and with NO RESTORATION OR REPAIRS TO THE WRAPPERS. A VG copy of the first part of 5 parts of the famous Siren study on Chinese paintings in American collections Annales du Musee Guimet - Bibliotheque d'Art Nouvelle Serie II. There are 41 pages of text that provide an introduction together with detailed descriptions of the plates all printed on loose 4 page sections. This is followed by 40 full-page prints with none of the usual heavy foxing/wear usually encountered. The plates are all in VG or better condition. Text in French. Osvald Siren 1879-1966 was a renowned Finnish-Swedish art historian and one of the early Western scholars of Chinese art. He made 4 major travels to East Asia between 1918 and 1935. NB: this set is in the original wrappers and has not been rebound. Photographs/scans available upon request. unknown
2019x-0367366975Routledge 2019. Hardcover. New. 201 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. Routledge hardcover
104274Stockholm P. A. Norstedt & söner 1912-13. Folio. 8 244; 8 270 s. planscher delvis utvikbara. Något nötta hfrbd guldornerade ryggar med upphöjda bind övre guldsnitt och medbundna omslag G. Hedberg. Två volymer. Upplaga tryckt i 420 numrerade exemplar varav detta är nummer 13. unknown
194922039New York: The Ronald Press Company 1949. Cloth. Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1949 1st edition. Tight and VG to Near Fine in its dark-green cloth with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Tasteful former owner bookplate at the front pastedown otherwise clean as could be. And in a bright VG example of the publisher's printed light-green slipcase and chemise with mild wear at the spine crown and along the bottom-edges. Tall quarto first-rate plates throughout many of them in rich gravure. The Ronald Press Company unknown
1928182632Paris and Brussels: G. Van Oest 1928. Edition completely revised and updated" translation. Softcover. As new. Pages are unopened books never opened with very minor foxing spots on page edges and endpapers. Old publisher stock. Brown paper wraps 3 Volumes. Volume 1: Text viii 210 pp. Volume 2: Plates 1-99. Volume 3: Plates 99 to 204. Shipping weight is 15 ppounds. Text is in French. A spectacular set of these three books penned and assembled by Swedish art historian Osvald Siren. With 204 BW illustrations of works rendered by Italian man of many talents Leonard da Vinci 1452-1519. This set includes both the text and the two plates volumes and is derived from old publisher stock. G. Van Oest paperback
23364Oxford 12 June 1956. 8pp. including card covers 12mo some damp- staining not interfering with text faint foxing. Verso of front cover signed: "Stephen Spender" and "Wystan Auden" with the signatures of seven others presumably the undergraduate members whose guests Auden and Spender were. The printed text includes lines from Keats p.1 concluding with "the Mermaid Tavern" the menu p.2 Avocado Pear Tournedos Monaco Seagull' Eggs etc a page entitled "Expositor" with the application of quotes from literature to the various courses Tournedos Monaco; "If it were done when 'tis done then 'twere well" final page the Toasts including 'Souls of Poets Dead and Gone'. Note: Bodleian Catalogue entry for the Papers and Minutes of the Club "The Oxford University Mermaid Club was a small undergraduate society founded in 1902 for reading 16th- and 17th-century English drama. The Club went into abeyance during both World Wars and was 'revived' at various dates." Oxford, 12 June 1956. unknown
24751<p>Blackie and Son Ltd. London. Inner Hinges Starting slightly Cracked HBDJ NoDate 1920 Early Reprint part of 'The Boys' Library' edition. NF BOOK / POOR DustJacket AS-IS 7" x 5". Foxing to eps and fore edge else very bright and tight hardback in pictorial cloth. Dustwrapper badlly torn and defective with small part illustration missing on front & THE in Title Missing DJ rub wear Tears tiny Chips Extremities DJ Spine ends Small chips but title author Illustration Sailing Vessel almost INTACT Back DJ light Soil Wear Small Corner Chips but Printing all There. Scuff mark Front DJ taking out part of 1 natives Face Blue Black light Salmon Pictorial Cloth of Native with Twisted Sword Cvr light rub wear Tiny Corner Ding Interior nice tight Clean LIGHT FOX Wear 352 pgs NO ADS in BAck. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor.</p> Blackie and Son Ltd., London hardcover
19932083002115800161Peking University Press 1993. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Peking University Press paperback
ria9780367366971_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Using a theoretical framework located at the intersection of US ethnic studies transnational studies and postcolonial studies Articulations of Resistance: Transformative Practices in Contemporary Arab-American Poetry maps an interdis hardcover
194996253The Ronald Press Co 1949. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Covers shelfworn. The Ronald Press Co hardcover
1042681990 Dumbarton Oaks Edition. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 422 pages . hardcover
1949Steve-10New York: The Ronald Press Company 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. An important early work on the gardens of China by an expert in the history of Chinese art. Slight wear to sturdy slipcase with paper label faintest fading to edges of green cloth covers. Pages and plates clean and unmarked. xiv 141pp; 208 plates many taken from photographs by Siren. 12.75 x 10". As a large heavy book this order will be carefully packed and may incur additional shipping charges. The Ronald Press Company hardcover
19501240326.01<p>Ronald Press Company NY 1950. Hardcover. As New. Folio hardcover. Slipcased; green cloth. Near fine condition. Slipcase lightly rubbed covers and contents clean unworn no marking or writing. Binding square and tight.</p> Ronald Press Company, NY hardcover
