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Hong Kong: The East Society, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Quarto. 8.5 x 11.75 inches. 134 pp. Near Fine / Very Good. Bound in publisher's original illustrated stiff wraps with clear plastic dust cover. Sewn binding. Illustrated throughout with 129 black & white reproductions and one two-panel color reproduction. Edited and published by Kao Ling-mei. Text in English and Chinese. English text by Yao Hsin-nung. Text includes Foreword, Gems of Professor Chang Dai-Chien's Talks on Painting, and Chronological Notes. Top and leading edges of text block lightly foxed. Binding excellent. Original plastic dust cover lightly rubbed with some pitting and scoring. Former owners' names and date written in blue ink on copyright page (in position of title page, due to reverse Chinese format). "#104" in marker and scar of sticker removal on Chinese copyright page (verso of "front" wrap). Else, no internal markings.

Point Reyes Station, CA: Floating Island Publications, 1991. First Edition, Limited Printing of 2000 copies. Paperback. Duodecimo. 7 x 5.5 inches. Unpaginated (24 leaves, plus 2 free endpapers). Fine in wraps. Hand-sewn string binding. Illustrated grey wrapper with French flaps. Wrapper and interior clean, bright, crisp, and unmarked. Front endpaper and first five leaves show shallow vertical center crease to upper half, else Fine. Now in archival protective sleeve. Scarce.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Wide quarto. 11-1/4 x 10-3/4 inches. 198 pp. Fine / Fine. Publisher's bronze buckram over boards. Debossed title in gilt on front board. Particulars gilt-stamped on spine. Goldenrod endpapers. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket shows $40.00 on front flap. Now in removeable archival sleeve.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ / Good. Quarto. 9-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches. Original blue cloth over board, stamped in gilt and blind, top edge stained yellow. Intensely dramatic illustrated red and yellow pictorial endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket shows price of $10.00. 569 pages. More than 80 decorative drawings by Alberta Sordini, Design by Merle Armitage, text by Olin Downes, piano arrangements by Leonard Marker, and introduction by Dimitri Mitropoulos. Calibrated discography with rare "Musicator - BMI Music Locater" strip laid in. Cover cloth slightly faded along bottom edges of both boards. All tips sharp. Two small white flecks on front board. Front board slightly bowed. Binding solid and tight. Text block square with very light foxing on edges. Pages clean and unmarked. Grey, black, and red dustjacket has rubbing to leading edges, stains in various locations on all panels, and scattered chipping at extremeties. Presents a thorough, collaborative… Read More

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1904. First Edition. Signed. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 123 pp (unpaginated). Good-. No dust jacket as issued. Inscribed with original poem and signed by author on front free endpaper. Original publisher's olive-green cloth binding. Floral decorations stamped on front board and spine. Lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Foredge deckled. Sewn binding. Printed on heavy, coated paper. Illustrated with 67 black and white photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner of the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Each page bordered with art nouveau floral decorations in dusty peach by Margaret Armstrong. Case has edge, shelf, and corner rubbing. Corners bumped. Circular water stain in center of upper board. Bump to foot of text block fore edge. Case and endpapers separated from text block. Text block cracked and shaken. Stitching tender. Endpapers browned. Grubby finger soiling to many pages. All elements present. Inscription in Dunbar's hand (see photo) is a short seasonal poem not… Read More