Pusaka, Heirloom Jars of Borneo
by Harrisson, Barbara
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Very Good ++
- ISBN 10
- 019582654X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195826548
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1986. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, xvi + 55 pages of text including black-and-white illustrations, plus 32 full colour plates, plus an additional 165 pages of black-and-white plates, tiny Errata slip glued to page ix;---very gently used, tight in binding, hardly a hint of shelf wear to covers, gentle bumps to spine ends and three corners, tiny dents to botom edges of both covers, pages very clean and unmarked, fresh and white; DJ gently bumped at spine and hinge ends, one immeasurably tiny chip/tear to bottom of back cover. See also our listing for Pusaka: Art of Indonesia, From the Collections of the National Museum of the Republic of Indonesia, and for Michael Patrick Wong's magnificent Sipadan: Borneo's Underwater Paradise. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good ++.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042991
- Title
- Pusaka, Heirloom Jars of Borneo
- Author
- Harrisson, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 019582654X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195826548
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- ART BORNEO, VIETNAM CHINA Khmer, Siam Thai Jars SOUTHEAST ASIA ASIAN THAILAND VIETNAMESE CHINESE CAMBODIA CAMBODIAN Champa Qing ANTIQUES HEIRLOOMS COLLECTIBLES ANTIQUITIES POTTERY POTS CERAMICS CLAY
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