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SB503Moisture wear down the gutter and bottom left corner of front cover. Taped spine moderate character wear. 139pp. Paper-Covered Boards. Good. Illus. by Plates/Folded Rear Map. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Paperback
1920039019China Circa 1920 1920. Original Oil Painting . Framed. Very Good. 8" X 3 5/8" Painting Heavily Gilt On Paper Mounted In Antique Gilt Frame Under Glass. From The Collection Of Pasquale Napolitano Probably From The Collection Of Herman Sachs. <br/> <br/> unknown
1962SJ8390Peshawar West Pakistan: The Board of Economic Enquiry/Peshawar University 1962. slightly bubbled front and rear end papers; ink smudges on half title page otherwise the somewhat aged textblock is clean and tight. Moderately worn binding in places with bumped and worn corners and spine exrremities; no dust jacket; 197p. including bibliography. Grey Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Graphs/Charts. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. The Board of Economic Enquiry/Peshawar University Hardcover
1800039011Circa 1800 1800. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Original Silk Embroideries Circa 1800 Embellished With Gold Leaf-Wrapped Yarn Mounted On Old Paper Framed Under Glass. From The Collection Of Los Angeles Architectural Decorator Herman Sachs Bullock's Wilshire Los Angeles City Hall Etc. <br/> <br/> unknown
1762038465London: Robert Sayer 1762. First Edition . No Binding. Fine. Original Engraving Plate On P. 100. Light Chipping To Edges Not Affecting Lettering Or Design. Jean-Baptiste Pillement 24 May 1728 - 26 April 1808 Was A Painter And Designer Known For His Exquisite And Delicate Landscapes But Whose Importance Lies Primarily In The Engravings Done After His Drawings And Their Influence In Spreading The Rococo Style And Particularly The Taste For Chinoiserie Throughout Europe. In 1743 At The Age Of 15 He Moved From Lyon To Paris Where He Was Employed As An Apprentice Designer At The Gobelin Factory. In 1745 He Left For Spain Where He Remained For 5 Years. There He Found Employment In Various Cities As Both A Designer And Painter. In 1750 At The Age Of 22 He Moved To Lisbon Where He Enjoyed Continuing Success. In 1754 He Left Lisbon For London. Pillement Then Spent Eight Years In England Fully Exploiting The English Taste For Landscapes. There He Was Inspired By The Paintings Of Among Others Nicolaes Berchem. During This Period He Became Acquainted With David Garrick The Famous Actor And His Austrian Wife Eva Maria Weigel Who Became Avid Collectors Of His Work. In 1763 Pillement Then Traveled To Vienna Where He Was Employed At The Imperial Court Of Maria Theresa And Francis I. In 1765 He Left Vienna For Warsaw Where His Many Projects Included Decorating The Royal Castle In Warsaw And The Ujazdowski Castle His Largest Project Commissioned By The King Of Poland Stanislaw Ii Augustus. He Also Later Worked In Saint Petersburg The Piedmont Milan Rome And Venice. 1768-1780 Pillement Again Worked In France Where He Was Employed By Marie Antoinette In The Petit Trianon. 1780-1789 He Was Once Again On The Iberian Peninsula And In 1789 Moved To Pézenas In The Languedoc. In 1800 He Returned To Lyon Where He Continued To Paint While Also Designing For The Silk Industry And Giving Lessons In The Academy Founded By Napoleon. He Remained In His Native Lyon Until His Death. Pillement's Illustrations Are A Mixture Of Fantastic Birds Flora & Fauna Large Human Figures And Chinoiserie. His Designs Were Used By Engravers And Decorators On Porcelain And Pottery But Also On Textiles Wallpaper And Silver. Pillement Had Discovered In 1764 A New Method Of Printing On Silk With Fast Colours Recorded In His Memoirs. One Of His Prime Vehicles Was The Single Print Marketed Independently Of An Album. He Published Many Albums One Is: Oùvre De Fleurs Ornements Cartouches Figures Et Sujets Chinois 1776. The Art Gallery Of Greater Victoria British Columbia The Cleveland Museum Of Art The Courtauld Institute Of Art London The Honolulu Museum Of Art The Indiana University Art Museum Bloomington Indiana The Metropolitan Museum Of Art New York City Museum Der Bildenden Künste Leipzig Germany The Museum Of Fine Arts Boston The National Gallery Of Art Washington D.C. Palazzo Pitti Florence Gulbenkian Museum Lisbon Portugal And The Philadelphia Museum Of Art Are Among The Public Collections Holding Work By Jean-Baptiste Pillement. <br/> <br/> Robert Sayer unknown
1975SB9277Lahore Pakistan: Copy Book Shop 1975. Published in English and Urdu. Bubbled endpapers else clean and tight. Peeling to paper boards front top corner slighlty bowed and bubbled rubbed boards cloth spine. 19 pages in English. Detailed diagrams. Cloth Spine w/Illustrated Brds. Very Good. Illus. by 26 Colour and Monochrome Plates/Detailed Diagrams. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. Copy Book Shop Hardcover
1962SB945London: Robert Hale Limited 1962. inscribed and signed by the author to US Consular Offical William "Bill" Spengler on ffep dated November 1962; penciled notes on rear end paper and about a dozen other pages otherwise textblock is clean and tight. Bumped top corner on front cover. Unclipped dust jacket with light loss and scuffing to extremities. 190p. including index. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. Illus. by Plates. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Robert Hale Limited Hardcover
1927SB5179Lahore: Civil and Military Gazette Press 1927. Folded maps at end. The previous owner's US State Dept official Edward M. Groth signature and date is on the ffep else the aged textblock is clean and tight. Spine extremities worn as are the board corners and edges; 237p. Fourteenth Edition. Cloth Spine. Very Good. Illus. by Rear Folded Maps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Civil and Military Gazette Press Hardcover
1904045972Dublin: Dublin Review / Luzac & Co 1904. First Separate Edition . Soft cover. Good. 40 Pp. Stapled Soft Covers. First Separate Printing. Light Wear But Clear Tape Reinforcement To Lower Half Of Spine And Fraying Along Spine Edge Above The Tape. Extensive Penciled Marginalia. <br/> <br/> Dublin Review / Luzac & Co paperback
1974C440NY: Macmillan 1974. Very clean and sound with minimal wear. DJ has slight edge wear; chip and closed tear at base of spine. 477 pp. including notes appendix bibliography and index. First Edition. Maroon Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. Illus. by B & W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Macmillan Hardcover
1982051879Los Angeles Ca: Ucla Arts Council 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 256 Pp. One Of 4500 Copies Of The Soft Cover Issue There Were Also 500 Hardcover Copies. Near Fine. With The Rare Addenda Leaf Laid In Loosely. <br/> <br/> Ucla Arts Council paperback
1947SB5348Seoul Korea: The Korean Pacific Press 1947. Ex-library copy with usual stamps stickers labels and markings. Textblock overall clean and tight. Binding has light shelf wear. Lacks dust jacket; 212p. Blue Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Henry Chung. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hard Cover. The Korean Pacific Press Hardcover
1923042197Shanghai: The Republican Press 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Vi 524 Iv. Brown Cloth Gilt. Gilt Strong But Book Split In Two Near Center Pp 657-660 Partially Detached; Cloth And Text Complete Loss Of A Few Partial Words At Spine Edge Of Those Pages 657-660 Needs Repair. Quite Scarce If Not Rare Worldcat Shows No Copy Located In Western Libraries.A Fine Dictionary The Author A Graduate And Instructor Of St John's University Who Spent Five Years Preparing It. About 8000 Characters 200000 Phrases; Same Arrangement As The "Kang Hsi Dictionary"; Separate Definitions For Different Parts Of Speech; When A Character Has Several Equivalents They Are All Given; Idioms Phrases Proverbs Maxims Literary Quotations Technical Terms; English French And Latin Phrases Are Placed With Equivalent Chinese Phrases; Written With Romanization Of Wade's System; Based Upon A Large Number Of Reference Works Including Dictionaries Phrases Dictionaries Documentary Papers Translated Chinese Classics Etc. Those Who Will Not Put Their Own Language Into A World Perspective Will Likely Remain Immersed In Their Family Fables. <br/> <br/> The Republican Press hardcover
1993SJ8832Lahore Pakistan: Sang-E-Meel Publiscations 1993. Vol IV only; owner's stamp on ffep otherwise textblock is clean and tight. boards are surface rubbed and lightly shelf & corner worn; unpaginated; the fourth and final volume in this series and comprises a selection of the most important maps submitted to the Commission or produced during the course of arguments. All except the first map appearing in this volume are photographic reproductions of the originals. The first map was prepared by The Survey of Pakistan and has been added to help the readers follow the notional boundary as provided in the British Plan of 3 June 1947. A full-size photographic reproduction of the map which was enclosed with Sir George Abell's letter of 8 August 1947 has also been added. Glossy Illustrated Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Folded Maps/Graphs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Sang-E-Meel Publiscations Paperback
1982036324New York: Harry N Abrams 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 319 Pp. 13 3/4" X 10 3/4". Black Cloth. Fine In Fine Dj No Wear But Tiny Tear At Top Of Spine Of Dj. International Shipping At Much Higher Than Stated Rate. <br/> <br/> Harry N Abrams hardcover
1905SJ7235NY: Doubleday Page & Co. 1905. textblock very clean and tight; top edge gilt; light moisture stain on front cover; binding lightly to moderately rubbed with light edge wear and gently frayed corners. deckled fore edge and bottom edge; no dust jacket; additional images available on request; 484p. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Plates. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Doubleday, Page & Co. Hardcover
044498Beijing: Publishing House Of Beijing Daily Circa 1970-2000 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Box. Four Volumes Of Plates Of Ancient Calligraphy. Four Volumes Bound In Brown Linen Gilt In Folding Box Ivory Clasps Ornate Cloth Paper Spine Label. No Date Circa 1970/2000. Also With A Brochure Folded Card To Make Eight Pages With Descriptive Text In Chinese And English Color Illustrations. All Four Volumes Consist Of Reproductions Of Classic Chinese Calligraphic Text No English Letters Or Numbers Within The Volumes. Apparently The First Printing And The First Modern Reproduction Of This Important And Ancient Archive. We Cannot Locate Any Reference To This Book In Worldcat Or Anywhere Else On The Internet. From The Library Of Professional And Academic Musicians Alice And Eleanore Schoenfeld Who Notably Performed And Taught In China. In The 1980S Both Alice And Eleonore Were Among The First Internationally Recognised Musicians To Visit Communist China After Formal Diplomatic Relations Had Been Established Between The Chinese And American Governments. On Their Recommendation More Than A Hundred Chinese String Students Studying Abroad Received Scholarship Support. The Schoenfeld International String Competition Continuing In Harbin China <br/> <br/> Publishing House Of Beijing Daily (Circa 1970-2000) hardcover
1976042563New York: Zebra Books 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 217 Pp. First Edition Of This Collection Zebra 182 1976. This First Edition In Softcover Is Even Scarcer When Signed. Inscribed By Van Vogt To A Friend And Neighbor A Long-Time Sf Fan "A Peculiar Collection" With Van Vogt's Handwritten Corrections To Copyright Page Removing James Schmitz From Copyright And Correcting Title Of One Original Story And With His Corrections To Titles And Authorship Of Stories E. Mayne Hull Is Credited For"Abdication" Here Titled "The Invisibility Gambit" In Addition To "The Flight That Failed" Here Titled "Rebirth: Earth". <br/> <br/> Zebra Books paperback
197822857New York: St. Martin's Press 1978. hardcover in dust jacket. no writing or markings. no bumps tears chips. strong binding.; xii-206pp. 48 b/w plates. 4 plans. six essays and articles by various contributors. contains considerable material on the templars and hospitallers. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. St. Martin's Press Hardcover
1921050580London Uk: John Murray 1921. 3rd Edition Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Maps Illustrations Some In Color. Cii 462 Plate And Folding Map At Rear; Xxii 662 Pp. Two Volumes. Green Cloth Stamped In Dark Green Morocco Spine Labels Gilt. Third Edition Of 1902 1921 Printing. Wear; Beginning To Fray At Ends Of Spine With Small Fray Near Center Of Spine Of Volume I; Front Hinge Of Volume I Just Beginning To Crack. With The Publisher's Publicity Sheet For Ser Marco Polo By Henri Cordier A Supplementary Volume Of Addenda To This Work But The Supplementary Work Itself Not Included Here. Ownership Signatures Of The Late Roger W. Jelliffe Usc Professor Of Medicine. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
1969SJ9766Calcutta: Alpha Publishing Concern 1969. moderate separation of front end papers a t the gutter; aged end papers else textblock very clean and tight. binding has light shelf wear. 89p.; includes but NOT limited to: Qutb Minar Tughluqs as Builders Sher Shah Humayun's Tomb Red Fort of Delhi The Diwan-i-Amm at the Red Fort Moti Masjid in Delhi Fort Hayat Bakhsh Garden aand more. Mahogany Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Plates. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Alpha Publishing Concern Hardcover
1936049673Shanghai: 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 40 Pp. Covers. Color And B/W Illustrations Text. First Printing Of The December 15 1936 Issue. Light Wear No Marks.This 1936-1937 Satirical Journal Targeting The Political Left Right And Center Is Quite Scarce It Had No Political Friends Worldcat Showing Only A Few Institutional Holdings. From Wikipedia: Among The Artists Who Established The Original Shanghai Manhua / Shanghai Sketch In 1928 Several Had Worked Together On The Small Short-Lived Journal Sanri Huabao Three Day Pictorial Including Ye Qianyu And The Brothers Zhang Guangyu And Zhang Zhenyu. The Journal Was Shut Down When Chiang Kai-Shek's Northern Expedition Reached Shanghai In April 1927. Out Of Work Cartoonists Ye Qianyu Huang Wennong And Lu Shaofei Published A Dedicated Publication For Manhua Named Shanghai Manhua Shanghai Sketch. The First Effort Resembled A Propaganda Poster And Was A Failure. Undeterred The Original Three Joined By Eight More Artists Including The Zhang Brothers Ding Song And Wang Dunqing Formed The Shanghai Sketch Society Also Translated As Shanghai Manhua Society In The Autumn Of 1927. It Was China's First Association Dedicated To Manhua And A Major Event In The History Of Chinese Comics.Shanghai Manhua Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: Shànghai Mànhuà Originally Titled Shanghai Sketch Was A Weekly Pictorial Magazine Published In Shanghai From 21 April 1928 Until 7 June 1930. Considered The First Successful Manhua Magazine In China And One Of The Most Influential. In May 1936 Zhang Guangyu Re-Established Shanghai Manhua While Many Of The Original Members Were Then Working With Modern Sketch. Together They Organized The Highly Successful First National Cartoon Exhibition In September And Formed The National Association Of Chinese Cartoonists In The Spring Of 1937. The Blossoming Movement However Was Brought To A Halt By The Japanese Invasion A Few Months Later. <br/> <br/> ????? paperback
1963042143Taipei: Institute For Advanced Chinese Studies For The American Association Of Teachers Of Chinese Languages And Culture 1963 1964 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Iv 50 Pp English Text 46 Pp Chinese Text 1963; Iv64 Pp English Text 42 Pp Chinese Text 1964. First Printings Taipei. The English Text Is Largely Translations Of And Comments On Specific Words Phrases And Sentences From Chinese Literature Placing Them In The Context Of Chinese Linguistic Tradition. Very Good Condition. <br/> <br/> Institute For Advanced Chinese Studies, For The American Association Of Teachers Of Chinese Languages And Culture, 1963, 1964 paperback
1953C395MI: MIchigan State College Press 1953. Sound textblock and binding; foxing present. DJ quite worn. 225 pp. By Author. Gray Cloth. Very Good/Good in mylar. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. MIchigan State College Press Hardcover
1974SJ9081New Delhi India: K. B. Publications 1974. Vol II only: lightly bubbled end papers and boards else textblock and binding is clean and tight; price-clipped dust jacket with moderate edge and spine wear chipped spine extremities and worn corners;. 211p. including index. First Edition. Maroon Cloth. Very Good/Good in mylar. Illus. by Hand-drawn Map. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. K. B. Publications Hardcover