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The C.C. Wang Family Collection of Important Early Chinese Works of Art
by Sotheby\'s
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Sotheby's, 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Sotheby's, 1990. First Edition . Very Good/Very Good. Beautiful hardcover auction guide in clean original dust jacket, for auction held Tuesday, November 27, 1990 in New York City. Size is approximately 8-1/2" x 11". Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on cover and spine. Small bump with broken cloth to spine edge, has been carefully repaired with archival glue. Otherwise perfect, no fading or wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright with no names, writing or marks. Clean decorated endpapers. Lovely full color photographs throughout. Sotheby's printed sheet of sales results is laid in. Dust jacket is clean and bright, unchipped, small closed tear at front spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028022
- Title
- The C.C. Wang Family Collection of Important Early Chinese Works of Art
- Author
- Sotheby\'s
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Sotheby's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- ART, SOTHEBY'S, CHINESE C. WANG COLLECTION, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; China;
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