Search Results: the art of the chinese potter by hobson rl and

New York: Knopf, 1923. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Prospectus. A Good copy in original brown cloth lettered in gold of this slim tall-format prospectus for the forthcoming limited edition volume. Contains a full descriptive page, a two-page list of plates for the volume, and eight representative color plates. The blank pages facing the plates have handwritten descriptions of the plates. The last plate has a paper clip indentation at the top edge margin. Only light other wear, but a bit musty from storage. No dust jacket (presumed as issued).

London: Ernest Benn, 1923. No. 258 of 1500 copies. Hardbound. VG, some spotting to the endpaperss, contents are VG+. Grey cloth. xx, 20 pp., followed by 152 glossy bw and color plates. A compelling examination of Chinese pottery from the Han Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty. Profusely illustrated with 192 color and bw photographs on 152 pages. Each page has a description on tissue guard on opposite page. A wonderful copy.

Knopf, 1923. Numbered. Hardcover. Very Good. No. 917 of 1500 copies, 500 of which were reserved for the U.S. 4to in 3/4 vellum on checkerboard patterned paper, gilt ruling to the boards, spine title in gilt, 152 plates with explanatory tissue guards. Binding tight and square, virtually no rubbing, vellum a bit darkened, plates XXXVIII and XXXIX are not detached but the lower portions protrude beyond the foredge a couple of millimeters. And the original box is present. It's covered in patterned paper on fairly heavy cardboard. The bottom is entirely intact, no separations, but a few chips to the paper. The top of the box is missing two of the side panels, the other two have been repaired.