London: Benn Brothers, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Dark grey cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine, gilt-stamped ornament on front board; publisher's printed dust jacket; 4to; pp. xvi, 240, plus 59 plates. Number 70 from a limited edition of 1500 copies, first numbered impression. Spine tips and corners lightly rubbed; hinges cracked, and binding somewhat rolled and shaken. Faint stain on front paste-down, where it appears a bookplate was removed, otherwise internally nice and clean. An excellent working copy, with index and bibliography. Scarce dust jacket heavily chipped and spine lacking, tho text (including ads on rear panel) is unscathed; held together in mylar.

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Bookseller: Sanctuary Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: D14113
Title: The Wares of the Ming Dynasty
Author: Hobson, R. L
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Benn Brothers
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1923

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Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Rolled: rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...