Dogs of China and Japan in Nature and Art
by Collier, V. W. F
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1921 London: William Heinemann, 1921 xix, 207 pp with color and B&W plates throughout. the eight color plates have intact glassine tissue guards. An early history of dog breeds and breeding in China and Japan, the religious and cultural symbolism of dogs, with empathsis on the hunting and guard dog breeds, Tibetan spanial and lhasa Apso "lion dogs" and the court Pekinese and pug breeds. Text is, tight, unmarked, foxed. Previous owner's bookplate on the front endpapers and a bookseller's stamp from Beijing on rear endpapers. Green cloth boards with gold-stamped titles and a line drawing of a pekinese are VG, with some bumping to corners and spine ends and the beginnings of a split at the tail of the spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200483
- Title
- Dogs of China and Japan in Nature and Art
- Author
- Collier, V. W. F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- CHINESE DOG BREEDS - JAPANESE
- Bookseller catalogs
- China;
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...