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Best.-Nr. 1178019268.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1938Best.-Nr. ABE-1677334102472First edition. Folio 32.424.4 cm xi 247 pp 124 plates; ix 328pp 118 plates Plate 125-242. Limited to 500 numbered copies this being No. 222. A hand drawn color portrait painting 26.418.7 cm inserted in Vol. I Contag. SIGNED and inscribed by Victoria Contag Victoria von Winterfeldt geb. Contag. Also signed and inscribed by a previous owner on the half title page. Slight mottling to some pages of Volume I. Top edges gilt firm binding. More photos available upon request. London: The Medici Society, 1938 hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 198882London England: Ernest Benn Limited 1925. Hardcover. Good scuffs scratches & smudges to boards; light stain spots; edge-wear. spine ends crinkled & rubbed; spine scuffed & scratched. corners bumped & rubbed w/ some fraying. lower textblock has abrasions w/ fine rubbing to associated pg edges. scattered speckled foxing to textlbock edges w/ remnants to page edges. crack to textblock at plate 459; few binding threads holding. crack to upper textblock at plate 506 remaining splitting. splitting to textblock at plate 498. grey cloth beveled boards w/ gilt stamped illustration gilt spine printing. plates 422-623. Pages have dark tanning to edges with instances of light marks smudges; pages may have instances of spotted or speckled foxing. Ernest Benn Limited hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 188189Paris: 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
1928Best.-Nr. 188188Paris: 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
1927Best.-Nr. 173031Paris: G. Van Oest 1927. Softcover. VG An unused copy with very mild wear from age perhaps minor soiling to covers. Fromold publishers stock. Unbound in five parts as issued. iv 112 pp. 200 bw plates. Oversized and heavy. 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. 18x13x3. G. Van Oest paperback
1931Best.-Nr. k1397London: Edward Goldston Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and lightly maked with split to lower section of front external joint. Spine darkened. Slight bowing to boards. Scattered foxing. 1931. First Edition. Cream hardback cloth cover. 330mm x 250mm 13" x 10". 48pp 63pl. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Edward Goldston Ltd hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. ABE-17514222603First edition. Folio 33.226.211.5cm wt: 6.4kg. Complete set of 3 volumes with all plates pages and maps and drawings as called for. Some color difference between Volume I and the other 2 volumes that appear darker. Some plates are getting loose from their spines due to heavy weight of cardstock paper. More photos available upon request. Paris and Brussels: G. Van Oest, 1926 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 40367London B.T. Batsford 1925 Hardcover book first edition no dustjacket. An introductory review of painting ceramics textiles bronzes sculpture jade etc. Colour frontis with many other illustrations in black & white. A Very Good copy. Black boards with with gilt decoration and titles. Noinscriptions. pictures available London, B.T. Batsford, 1925 hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. 2609280021John Lane/bodley Head 1920. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Offsetting to end pages. One plate loose. Essentials in Art is a classic 1920 book written by Osvald Siren a prominent Swedish art historian. The book compiles five influential essays that challenge the notion that art should merely mirror or faithfully imitate nature. Instead Siren examines art as a living dialogue between observation and human imagination tracing how foundations like form rhythm and proportion evolved from classical antiquity to the Renaissance. John Lane/bodley Head hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. mon0000142907John Lane 1920-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. John Lane hardcover
2025Best.-Nr. Manohar-9781009336635Cambridge University Press 2025. Paperback. New. Cambridge University Press paperback
2025Best.-Nr. Manohar-9781009336635Cambridge University Press 2025. Paperback. New. Cambridge University Press paperback
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1990Best.-Nr. 49277Washington DC U.S.A. / London: Dumbarton Oaks Pub Service 1990. 4to.Facsimile. pp. xiv. 223 192 of plates - excellent reproduction of a classic and now expensive standard reference work. Still shrinkwrapped. 0884021904 . As New. Hardcover. Reprint. 1990. Dumbarton Oaks Pub Service 1990 hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 2771Peiping Beijing: Henri Vetch 1936. 9" x 6" pp. 6 261 1. First edition. Navy cloth boards slightly rubbed at the corners stamping on spine. Complete with all 7 plates small chip with loss to plate 2. Contains a book plate "Amidei" on the inside front paste down and a small bookstore sticker "Wittenborn Art Books / New York" on the inside back paste down. Light smudging to text edge including a small tidemark on the lower text corner throughout. Occasional neat annotation on about a dozen pages otherwise text is clean. Very good and sound. Henri Vetch unknown
Best.-Nr. A9781032239934Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1716299284.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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Best.-Nr. 1108812627.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1924Best.-Nr. ABE-1491318053918London: London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1924 1924 First edition. Please note that this is THE genuine original first edition with year of publication 1924 printed on its copyright page while other editions later reprints or pirated editions like Orientalia have neither copyright page nor publication date. Folio 33.227.2cm wt: 2.9kg XX240pp plus plates. Limited and Numbered to 800 copies this being No. 313. Slight wear and rubbing to extremities of outer boards page edges uncut top edge tinted red tight binding crisp interior. Overall a very good copy now protected in a plain dust jacket self-made not original. With 128 photogravures on 109 leaves; 2 color plates and dozens of text illustrations; folding plan of Peking. The work combines the beautiful photogravures after photographs taken by Siren with illustrations of measured drawings of a number of the gates made by Chinese artists under Siren's supervision and historical and descriptive text. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. More photos available upon request. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1924 hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. ABE-1783396609387London: London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1924 1924 First edition. Please note that this is THE genuine original first edition with year of publication 1924 printed on its copyright page while other editions later reprints or pirated editions like Orientalia have neither copyright page nor publication date. Folio 33.227.2cm wt: 2.9kg XX240pp plus plates. Limited and Numbered to 800 copies this being No. 33. Wear and rubbing to extremities of original outer boards page edges uncut top edge tinted red tight binding crisp interior. Spine has benn replaced with matching cloth retaining the original title-piece new endpapers. Overall a good copy now protected in a plain dust jacket self-made not original. With 128 photogravures on 109 leaves; 2 color plates and dozens of text illustrations; folding plan of Peking. The work combines the beautiful photogravures after photographs taken by Siren with illustrations of measured drawings of a number of the gates made by Chinese artists under Siren's supervision and historical and descriptive text. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. More photos available upon request. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1924 hardcover
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1937Best.-Nr. ABE-1545724191139København: Gyldendal 1937 1937 First edition. Limited edition of 600 copies. Quarto 3126cm vi84p plus 128 plates and a foldout map. Text in Danish. Fine hardcover with half leather binding over marbled boards raised bands ands gilt title piece. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. København: Gyldendal, 1937 hardcover
