CHINESE PAINTING by Cohn, William - 1946

NY: Time, Inc., 1966. First Edition. Magazine Format.. Intermittent tear to covers at spine crease goes about half-way up crease. Moderate soiling to rear cover along spine, otherwise cover is very good (with owner's mailing label) and contents is clean and bright. [BL-SP]

London: Phaidon Press Ltd. Good in Good dust jacket. 1951. Revised 2nd Ed. Hardcover. Front free endpaper is clipped. DJ has some browning, a few small chips, and has been price clipped. .

London: Phaidon, 1951. second revised. Hardcover. Very good. 9 x 12 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, corners and spine ends bumped with wear. Binding tight, text unmarked. Bookplate on front pastedown. Art. Stax.

London / New York: Phaidon Press, Ltd. / Oxford University Press, 1948. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 11x8x1. Jacket edges rubbed with some small tears, one inch by one inch chip to rear jacket panel, stain on jacket spine. 1948 Large Hardcover. With 224 plates and details. Illustrated introduction. A history of Chinese painting ranging over 2000 years from the earliest times through the Ch'ing Dynasty ending in 1912.

Phaidon Press / Oxford University Press, 1950. Hardcover. Second revised edition. Some shelf wear and weak rear hinge but text is clean and unmarked/ without dust jacket.. Size: 9.25" x 12.25". 112pp., plus 224 plates.

Phaidon, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1948. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic and illustrated plates. Minor foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking, creasing and staining to gutters and hinges but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.Gilt lettering is noticeably darkened. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

London: Phaidon, 1951. (UK) Second revised edition. No markings, some "acid" burns from the flaps of the dust jacket to the endpapers, leaving a tan area to the endpapers, otherwise about Fine in price-cllipped Good (-) only dust jackwt with edge faults and chips. DJ is in mylar sleeve. Red cloth, 112pp, index, then 224 B&W reproductions on coated paper, then [13] pages of list of plate and collections. 5 colour tipped in plates. (6.0 JM HOQ 102/0. 2nd. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good (-). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

London, England: Phaidon Press, Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. VG, minor offsetting from dustjacket on endpapers. DJ has minor chipping. Red cloth with illustrated dustjacket. 111 pp. with 46 bw illus., followed by 224 bw plates. The first edition of this resource. "It is concerned primarily with the paintings themselves, their artistic qualities, and their stylistic changes, less with the criteria of authorship, with the literary sources and the inscriptions, and least with religion, philosophy and history, the domain of Sinology." (preface) Includes errata. Contents as follows: Our knowledge of Chinese painting -- Technique and form -- Painting and calligraphy -- What painting means to the Chinese -- The subjects -- Formative period: from the earliest times to the end of the Han Dynasty A.D. 220 -- First developments: the six dynasties A.D. 220-589 -- Religious and court painting: the Sui and T'ang Dynasties A.D. 581-906 -- Maturity and balance: the five dynasties and the Sung Dynasty A.D. 907-1279 --… Read More

London: Phaidon Press, 1951. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Second revised edition. A solid, well-cared for copy. With 224 full page plates. Good red covers with clear spine gilting. With mild tip wear. Binding is pulled at center hinge, with no compromise of integrity. An attractive copy. Heavy and oversize, so more postage will be necessary for international or priority shipments..

Phaidon, London, 1951. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Library rebind. Contains colour and black and white illustrations.. No dust-jacket. Ex-library, with library plate from Doncaster Reference Library. Library stamps and labels, sound binding, clean pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 19117061191. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations..