Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics by Anthony Du Boulay

Oxford: Phaidon, Christie's Limited, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 319 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine green with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic covering from a previous owner, adhered to inner flaps of dust jacket with tape. Mild rubbing to edges and corners of dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to edges and corners of boards. Textblock slightly sunken with light wear to bottom edge. Light staining to endpapers. Light age toning throughout textblock. Shelved in China/Porcelain. 1378410. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Phaidon/Christie's Ltd., Oxford, 1984. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 319 pages. Hardcover, bound in green cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Previous owner's name is inscribed in ink and stamped on the front free endpaper, with some soiling and shelfwear, handling wear to the edges of the dustjacket, with associated rubbing. Else, the binding is tight and solid, with sharp edges and corners of the boards and a clean, (aside from the aforementioned) unmarked interior. Over one thousand illustrations with 250 in color. Chronology. List of Further Reading. Glossary and Index. Text in English..

Christie's, 1984T. hardcover. Very Good. 1st 1984 HB Phaidon/Christies; very good in like new unclipped dust jacket; No stamps or inscriptions; clean condition

Phaidon / Christie's, 1984. Hardcover. Very good/Good. dust jacket edgeworn, with a coup[le tears at spine.

Christie's, 1984-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. Order today-sent today with tracking number, M-F*. Attractive, dust-jacket has minor shelf-scuffing and lightly-bumped cover corners. Book itself is clean and tight but with extensive reference notes on flyleaf by previous owner. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. *Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4:30 PM M-F.

Christie's, 1984-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Christie's Publishing, 1984. 1. Hardcover. Good. Good in a Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is moderately shelfworn and edgeworn, but is overall good and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Moderate wear to the boards; Few spot marks to the top and bottom textblock edges; Right textblock edge is unblemished; Yellowing to the endapers and name to the first endpaper; Text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be stored and delivered in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75” – 11.75” tall); Dark green dust jacket with photo of ceramic plate, and title in white lettering; 1984, Christie's Publishing; 319 pages; "Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics," by Anthony Du Boulay.

Independently Published, 2020. Paperback. New. First Edition thus, as good as new. How to Debate the Left on Islam by Various Authors. Published by Independently Published in 2020. Paperback ISBN:9780714880150. Collectible item in excellent condition.

Phaidon, Christie's Limted , 1984 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English Text, 22 x 28.6 cm, 1.404 Kg; 319 pages with over 1000 illustrations, including 200 in colour.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jacket, which is price clipped and has a tear on the back. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; Interior in very good condition.; Chinese ceramics are among the most popular works of art in the world. From the discoveries in the tombs of early emperors, it is clear that pottery and porcelain have had a high value in China for several millennia. In this book, Anthony du Boulay explains the history and development of ceramics in China from the Bronze Age to the nineteenth century. The hundreds of pictures are arranged in a historical sequence, each double page covering a definite period, place and style. The illustrations are grouped into chapters, covering periods, each of which is introduced by a brief and lucid text, outlining the historical trends. This reach subject has… Read More

Oxford, England: Phaidon-Christie's Limited, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 285 x 215 mm), 319, [1] pages, green cloth, in an unclipped, photo-illustrated dust jacket (hard cover). Lavishly illustrated guide to Chinese ceramics. An important reference work by the former director of the ceramics department at Christie's. CONDITION: Light scratch to upper board, light soiling to top and bottom edges but internally clean, bright, and unmarked. Slight edge wear and a bit of scuffing to the unclipped dust jacket, along with a small closed tear to top edge of rear panel. Overall, Near Fine.

C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.

Rare! Luanda: Angola. Ministério da Cultura, 1995. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Fine. Pages and cover securely held by one clean staple. Interior pristine. Covers clean and crisp, with slight reading wear to foreedge. Many B&W photos/illustrations. 24 pages. Not from a library. Published by the Angolan National Museum of Slavery and National Institute of Cultural Patrimony on the 20th anniversary of Angola's independence.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun ( Being the Tales They Tell about the Time When the Lord Walked the Earth Like a Natural Man)". 264 pages.. Solid. Clean. Flyleaf detached from title page, but all pages still bound. A great collector's item and a rare find. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A.B. Walker. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fiction.

MARGARET MITCHELL: Gone With The Wind, published December, 1939 by The Macmillan Company. MOTION PICTURE EDITION. First Printing Thus. Paperback. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ issued. Bound in yellow pictorial stiff card wraps. Clark Cable and Vivien Leigh front cover. 391 pages 7 X 9 1/2. Scarce. Includes 12 pages of color prints from the film. Plot summary: "Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler."

Alice Walker. THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR. Copyright 1989 by Alice Walker. Thorndyke, Maine. Hardcover, ISBN 9780896219298. Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1990. USED. VG CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Large print. 595 pages. 5 5/8 X 8 ¾.

As new except for tiny spot on side exterior page edges and light surface scratching on the back cover. 255 pages. 8.5" X 11" X .5" (22cm X 28cm X 1.3cm) History of Harlem as cultural center. Illustrated with hundreds of black and white photos of people and cultural ephemera like playbills, tickets to the Cotton Club, and advertising banners about the importance of Black Santa. Part of a project with the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. Nonfiction. History. Photography. African American History. Regional History- New York.

Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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United States: Balamp Pub Co, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Book has one page with a small wrinkle, else clean and tight, jacket has some paper-loss on the backcover, else clean. Jacket is not price-clipped.

187 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards and faux signature to cover in original pictorial jacket. Edited by James R McGraw. First edition. Richard "Dick" Gregory was an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, comedian, motivational speaker, author and actor. He became the first black comedian to successfully cross over to white audiences. Condition: Lightly soiled. Jacket corners and spine ends chipped else better than very good in like jacket.

T'Shaka, Oba. The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X. Third World Press, Chicago. Stated First Edition, First Printing Thus, 1983. Softcover. ISBN0883781107. BIOGRAPHY, BLACK STUDIES, AMERICAN HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY, POLITICAL SCIENCE. A nice copy. Used. VG Condition. 293 pages, indexed. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2.