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Rutland, VT: Tuttle, 1962. Hardcover. 117p. plus 104 black and white illustrations, hardcover in edgeworn dust jacket. Ownership signature of Philip Choy, the noted Chinese American historian.

Faber & Faber, 1962 Hardcover 1st Printing in dust jacket, looks great w/only minor edge wear to jacket, text however shows sporadic heavy highlighting to approx. 50 pages, else clean tight copy; rtall 8vo; 117pp indexed & illus + plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.

Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 117p + 104 plates. Jacket has some light dust-soil, wear along edges and folds. Datestamped at bottom of rear flap. Light rubbing to boards. Pages are clean and bright. The binding is sound, although there is a spine 'break' between plates 32 and 33. Jacket Condition: Good. Size: 4to - over 9 3/4 in - 12 in tall. Year: 1962.

Faber and Faber, 1977. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover book, 10" x 6", dust wrapper is near fine, text is fine; 128 pp with 104 black-and-white illustrations, 13 text figures, bibliography, index

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1962. 1st Edition 1962 . Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Used-Acceptable/No Jacket. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): between 6" - 9" tall . 117 pp. plus picture index. Solidly bound copy with heavy external use. Fraying and foxing at edges, with part of the canvas cover missing from the spine. An Ex-University-Library (Barnard College/ Columbia University, New York, NY)-Book with all the usual and standard signs (stamps, stickers, envelope, etc.). No dj.

Faber and Faber. Used - Very Good. 1977. Second Edition. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Quarto. 128 pp & 104 monochrome plates. Includes 9 color plates. Some shelf wear and foxing to dust jacket. Price clipped. Heavy foxing to top edge of text block. Some foxing to endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Contents very sound. Very Good. (Subject: Asian Art).

London: Faber & Faber, 1977. Second. hardcover. near fine/very good. Illustrated with 104 black and white images, 7 in color, and 13 in-text figures. 128 pages of text, 8vo, dark green cloth, dust wrapper (edgeworn). London: Faber & Faber, (1977). Second edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear. Dust jacket shows some edgewear. States First Edition, 1962.; The Arts of the East .

Faber and Faber:, 1977. First published in 1962, this book is the second edition from 1977, 128 pages and 104 plates in b&w and color. "Since it appeared in 1962, Professor Watson's masterly account of the bronzes of ancient China from the earliest times down to the Han Dynasty has come to be regarded as the standard work on the subject. For this new edition, he has added a long preface incorporating the results of the latest research-in partucular the substantial research carried out by Chinese years- and seven new colour plates. He has also made a number of corrections and ampliciations in the main text and expanded the bibliography." FINE- HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. Hard Cover. Fine-/Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, 1962. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Includes a bibliography and index. With more than 150s illustrations

Faber & Faber, 1962 4to (25.5 cm), front., 177 pp, 104 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj slightly rubbed at extremities, few pencil marks in the text). "This is an account of the bronzes of Ancient China from the earliest time to the Han Dynasty, and especially of the ritual bronze vessels which are the most important examples of the earliest phases of Chinese art. The introduction discusses the stylistic development and the dating of the bronzes, and gives a brief account of recent scholarship on this subject and of discoveries in China since 1950. The illustrations, of which there are more than 150, show a number of pieces recently excavated, but the majority of the material comes from private and public collections in Great Britain." (from the publisher's description)

London: Faber and Faber, 1962. 117p., plus 104 b/w plates, b/w and colored text illus., colored front. (The arts of the East).

London: Faber & Faber. 1962. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, text ilus pp 117 plus plates. Previous owner's bookplate, near-fine in like d.j. Study of Chinese Bronzes from the earliest times to the Han Dynasty, with more than 150 illustrations. Boards.

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Faber and Faber, 1977. 2d ed. Hardcover. Fine copy in fine price-clipped jacket housed in archival mylar./Fine. 128 pages, 56 unnumbered leaves of plates (some color): illustrations ; 26 cm; bibliographical references (pages 112-116) and index. A lovely copy. The Arts of the East; Variation: Arts of the East. [series]. Bronzes, Chinese -- Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D. Bronzes chinois -- Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C. Bronzes chinois -- 221 av. J.-C.-220 (Dynasties des Qin et des Han) Bronzes, Chinese -- Qin-Han dynasties Bronzes, Chinese. Time: To 220 Identifier: Ancient Chinese bronzes, to ca B.C.280 Illustrations.

Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, 1962. 1st Edition. 117p., plus 104 b/w plates, colored front., dj (The arts of the East).

LONDON, FABER AND FABER, 1977, 1977. DUST JACKET (UNCLIPPED) SECOND EDITION VERY GOOD. Hardcover.

London : Faber, 1977. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: The arts of the East. Physical description: 128p, A-H, 104p of plates : ill (col.) ; 26cm. Previous ed.: 1962. Bibliography: p.112-116. Includes index. Subjects: Bronzes - China. Bronzes, Chinese - History - Pictorial works. China - Antiquities.

Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1977 Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16.5 x 25.5 cm; 0.7 Kg; 128 pages plus appendix with black and white illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jacket. The dust jacket is slightly loose due to use. Interior in very good condition with minor signs of wear except for a previous owner stamp on front free endpaper.; Since it appeared in 1962, Professor Watson's masterly account of the bronzes of ancient China from the earliest times down to the Han Dynasty has come to be regarded as the standard work on the subject. For this new edition, he has added a long preface incorporating the results of the latest research - in particular the substantial research carried out by Chinese field archaeologists in the past few years - and seven new colour plates. He has also made a number of corrections and amplifications in the main text and expanded the bibliography.;"This is a book for careful study and as such it… Read More

London: White Lotus Press, 1977. Paperback. Very Good/no dj. 0.70. Ancient Chinese Bronzes