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New York (Dover Publications), 1962.. xiii, (1), 125, (5)pp. 112 illus. hors texte. Stiff wraps. Reprint of the New York 1948 edition.

NP: (Caves Book Co.) (Pirated Copy), ND. Pirated edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. viii; 124. Illustrated with b&w photos of 112 furniture examples. Intertextual block print reproductions. Bound in green cloth with silver lettering stamped on spine.Former owner name in ink on front pastedown. Slight fading to edges of binding; dust jacket with a US-quarter size chip on front panel, closed 2" tear. On the title page Kates is identified as "Curator of Oriental Art, The Brooklyn Museum," but no publication data is presented, other than a bookseller tag on rear free-endpaper ("Caves Book Co."): thus, a pirated copy, even though the Dover edition is referenced on the dust jacket's rear panel. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

New York [1948], Harper. Brown cloth, very good, 125p.,notes bibliography, 112 b.w. photos, 10 illustrations. S C A R C E RARE F I R S T E D I T I O N Covers the origins & development, growth of Western interest and the Chinese tradition. What the West noticed, native ap- praisals, problems of dating, the woods employed, historical evolution, cupboards in general, wardrobes,smaller cupboards open cupboards, dressers,tables: small,writing, side, altar, lute, &c. The built-in K'ang, bed, stool, chair, chests, boxes, traditional design, fruniture arrangement &c. A great work, loaded with usable information for any collector. .