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2000008643New York: Simon & Schuster 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition of this monograph with text by the artist. Unpaginated hardbound book in fine condition in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED by the artist in 2003. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1996WN34016Tapei: Huang Yang-Shan 1996. Dual language Chinese-English with magnificent color photographs of extraordinary pottery items. Preceding the items are portraits and brief biographies of the artists. Based on the collection of Chunjen Gallery. First Edition. Paper Boards. Near Fine/Clamshell Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Trade. Huang Yang-Shan Hardcover books
1948226771Shanghai: Kaiming shudian 開明書店 1948. V 105p. paperback toned at edges very good. Kaiming shudian 開明書店 unknown books
1959016772New York NY: Lin Carter 1959. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 16 pages of text including the printed paper wraps which are soiled and discolored. Signed on the title page in green ink with no further inscription. Limited to 500 copies. First edition. Lin Carter Paperback books
1936183179Shanghai China: The Commercial Press 1936. Hardcover. VG-/VG- both volumes are clean with tight binding previous owner's name on front end pages light age toning. dust jackets have light scuffing and fading. Two volumes bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on front covers and spines; tan dust jackets with black lettering. First series: x 299 pp. The second series is x 258 pp. "These essays represent selections from the 'Little critic' which was first started on June 16 1930 and has ever since remained a constant feature of The China Critic." -Preface. The Commercial Press hardcover books
19471330516Amstutz Herdeg & Co 1947. second. Lin Tsiu-Sen. Masterpeices of Chinese Painting: XII to XVIII Centuries. Second edition. Zurich: Amstutz Herdeg & Co. 1947. Full cloth cover with gold lettering and ornamentation. Introduction by Lin and table of contents followed by eight color facsimile reproductions of notable Chinese paintings.<br /> <br /> <p> --<br /> <br /> <p>Good to very good. Some slight fading bumping and fraying to the cover along with cracking at the foot of the spine. The closures are damaged. The pages both text and images show light even age toning and there is minor bumping to the corners but this does not damage the images. Evidence of old bookseller's notations on title page.<br /> <br /> <p>Oversized listing. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates<br /> <br /> <p>Shelved AJS -- Speak with Allan. 1330516. Special Collections. Amstutz, Herdeg & Co unknown books
1936240655Shanghai: The Commercial Press Ltd 1936. viii 301 p. hardcover old bookseller's label inside front cover front interior hinge has a tear at bottom otherwise very good with very good original dustjacket. Confucius saw Nancy is a one-act tragicomedy. The essays make observations about Eastern and Western culture in comparison. The Commercial Press, Ltd unknown books
1928263959Peking; Tientsin: China Booksellers Limited 1928. 182p. hardcover cloth still bright very good some foxing to textblock edges. Black and white photos. Overview of past and contemporary social customs and activities; includes a chapter on mah jongg. China Booksellers Limited unknown books
193926218Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh 1939. Special Authorized Edition. Thick octavo 21.5cm.; original cloth in red printed dust jacket; 14815pp. Jacket a touch worn at spine crown spine a shade faded; inoffensive bubbling to rear cover cloth some dust-soiling to extremties else A Very Good or better copy. Contemporary ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown. "Special Authorized China Edition" - upper jacket panel. Epic novel set in China between 1900 and 1938 beginning with the Boxer Uprising and covering the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 the Warlord Era 1916-1928 the rise of communism and the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War and subsequently World War II. First published the same year in the United States four years after Yutang left China in 1935. In preparation for writing a work of fiction set in China but written in the English language Yutang prepared himself by translating into English passages from the 18th-century Chinese literary masterpiece Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber. Kelly & Walsh unknown books
1969149633Paris: Fox Europa 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 French film showing director Henri Verneuil actor Alain Delon and other members of the cast and crew on a constructed set used for the airplane flight sequence in the film. With two provenance stamps on the verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commissioner. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Rome New York and Paris.<br/><br/>9 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased throughout.<br/><br/>Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Fox Europa unknown books
1968167259New York: Frank Caro Gallery 1968. Paperback. G. Covers are tanned more heavily near spine. Light creasing on front cover. Red writing from previous owner inside front cover otherwise clean and tight throughout. Cream stapled wraps with black lettering color illustrations. 29 pp. BW frontispiece and 9 BW 10 color plates. Cover title: Recent Paintings by Chang Dai-Chien. Catalogue for an exhibition held at Frank Caro Gallery October 5-26 1968; S.H. Mori Gallery in Chicago November 2-23 1968; and Alberts-Langdon Gallery in Boston November 30-December 14 1968. A Note on Chang Dai-chien written by Lin Yutang; Introduction to Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien written by Wen Fong. Also contains a biography. This catalogue lists names and dimensions of 56 works of which 20 are shown one on cover. This is a beautiful rare catalogue of this prodigious Chinese artist published around his 70th birthday. Frank Caro Gallery paperback books
19422266637The Norton Gallery and School of Art 1942. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition #759 of 1000 copies with stamped number and printed author's signature on copyright page. Former library copy rebound in buckram with a few internal marks presentation bookplate from the author on front endpaper. 1942 Large Hardcover. xvi 536 pp. Color frontispiece 118 full page halftone plates reproduced from original photographs 123 line engravings. Prepared as a handbook for visitors to the Jade room of the Norton Gallery and School of Art for whom Nott was the director of Oriental Art. The Norton Gallery and School of Art hardcover books
1947173559Zurich: Amstutz Herdig & Co 1947. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. VG-. Oversized brown cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering with two ivory clasps. 12 pages. Eight facsimile reproductions in color. "The orignials of these pictures are painted on paper and silk in the water-colour technique customary only in China. They form part of The Lin Shih-Lu Collection at Foochow and are reproduced with the permission of their owner all except No. 8 appearing for the first time. The Chinse title was written by Professor Lin Chun: 'From the Shih-Lu Collection.' The red stamp on the third page is the stamp of the Lin family of Foochow: 'The Descendants of The Yin House.' This book was awarded a prize at the 1944 Swiss Book Exhibitino for the Artistic Excellence of its Production." Amstutz, Herdig & Co hardcover books
1930108256Oblong 4to. Paris: A. Roques & Fils circa 1930s. Oblong 4to. 2 78 leaves of color linoleum samples with a price list. Bolted quarter green cloth with snakeskin pattern green paper boards stamped in gilt rope handle at the backstrip. Edges of both boards are slightly rubbed mostly at the corners internally bright; very good. § A beautifully bound trade catalogue with 78 bright linoleum samples. A dizzying compilation of French floor coverings of the period varying from art deco to mosaic patterns and many meant to imitate tapestries. A. Roques & Fils hardcover books
1939219052New York 1939. Bust portrait of the author. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.7 cm. approximately 13-7/8 x 11 inches. Fine. Docketed on verso in ink giving the name of the sitter the date of the session and the reference to negative and print "X - 9 - 17". Bust portrait of the author. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.7 cm. approximately 13-7/8 x 11 inches. unknown books
1937140941118New York: John Day in association with Reynal & Hitchcock 1937. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing; limited issue. Copy number 9 of a limited 500 signed by Lin Yutang. Specially bound in publisher's original buckram cloth stamped in red over red leather spine decorated in gilt with gilt-lettered title label; top edges gilt and with red ribbon marker; in publisher's original red paper-covered card slipcase with bronze paper title label on front panel printed in red black and white. Near Fine with some darkening and light edge wear to leather spine in a Near Fine slipcase with light rubbing and wear and light darkening. One of the influential Chinese author inventor philosopher and linguist's best-selling work. John Day in association with Reynal & Hitchcock unknown books