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Lot of Chinese Art Books

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Lot of Chinese Art Books
<B>Lot of Chinese Art Books</B></I> including:<BR><B>E. A. Strehlneek<I> Chinese Pictorial Art.</B></I></B></I> (Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd., 1914), first edition, 324 pages and 74 page Bronze, Ceramic and Jade supplement, profusely illustrated with colored and collotyped illustrations, bound in decorative silk over boards with string bows after the Japanese fashion, gilt titles and decoration, with purpose made slipcase, 4to (8.5" x 11"), moderate shelf wear, former owner's book plate on the ffep, front exterior hinge just starting to crack, minor fraying to silk covers at the edges, internal contents bright and sound, very good condition.<BR><B>Louise Crane<I> China in Sign and Symbol.</B></I></B></I> (Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., 1926), 227 pages, profusely illustrated with color decorations by Kent Crane, original tan cloth with gilt titles and decoration, deckled edges, 4to ((' x 11.5"), covers lightly soiled, previous owner's book plate on the ffep, internal contents bright and sound, very good condition.<BR><B>William H. Edmunds<I> Pointers and Clues to the Subjects of Chinese and Japanese Art</B></I></B></I> <I>As Shewn in Drawings, Prints, Carvings, and the Decoration of Porcelain and lacquer With Brief Notices of the Related Subjects.</B></I> (London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1934), first edition, 725 pages, original yellow cloth with gilt titles, 4to (7.5" x 10"), shelf wear to boards, light foxing to title page, former owner's book plate on the inside front cover, else very good.<BR><B>Langdon Warner<I> Buddhist Wall-Paintings: A Study of a Ninth-Century Grotto at Wan Fo Hsia.</B></I></B></I> (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938), 33 pages of text, 46 plates of black and white illustrations, original orange cloth boards with paste-on title and spine titles, some sun fading to boards, bumped corners, former owner's book plate on the inside front cover, very good condition.<BR><B>Barry Eastman<I> Chinese Art Ivory.</B></I></B></I> (Tientsin: John E. Paradissis, 1940), first edition, 86 pages of text, 32 photographic plates, original green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine, former owner's book plate on the ffep, very good condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>) <BR><BR><B>Important not
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