Hardcover. London, Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1st, 1892, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Orange cloth covers with black lettering and rules on spine and both covers, 443 pages with hundreds of pictures. Front and rear hinges partially cracked, previous owner's initials on front fly leaf, otherwise the book is very good, clean throughout.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1892, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Light blue cloth-covered boards illustrated w/floral porcelain design. Gilt lettering on spine. Classic resource on collecting China and English Porcelains including histories of porcelains, early arts in America, designs, and manufacture. The author tells about her china-collecting experiences and tells the history of the pieces she has chosen to illustrate. She also describes how china was made at various American sites. B&w illustrations, previous owner's bookplate otherwise clean.
Hardcover. London ; Boston, Faber & Faber, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Previous owner's blind stamp on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Hong Kong, Christie's Hong Kong,, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 88 pages, 55 lots. Comprehensive catalogue accompanying the Christie's Hong Kong special auction of the Tianhe Shanfang collection, held May 30, 2005. All items illustrated with color photography, accompanied by detailed descriptions and historic information, with value estimates in HK and US dollars. Clean, like new.
Hardcover. NY, Sotheby's New York, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 579 lots, color photos throughout. Maroon cloth. Includes silver, miniatures, watches, prints and illustrations, maps, small statuary, a few paintings and marble busts, furniture, painted portraits, more furniture, clocks, chairs, Indian artifacts, more clocks, china, brassware, more furniture, a few paintings, samplers, embroidered items, carved ivory, more furniture, and some folk-art items. Lots of annotation on the more expensive items. Small dent to lower edge of front board, light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Softcover. Warren CT, Floating World Editions, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 143 pages, color plates. Chinese scholar's stones, variously called "viewing stones," "spirit stones," "respect stones, (gongshi)," and even "weird rocks, (guaishi)," have been appreciated and written about in China for more than a millennium. Through descriptions and color photographs, Modern Chinese Scholars' Rocks introduces over 40 stone types, including their mineral compositions, typical colors, hardness on the Mohr scale, and where they are found or quarried. The qualities for which they are valued are explained as are other features for the stone connoisseur to look for. Clean, bright copy. No markings.
Hardcover. New York, Dryden Press, 1st, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 114 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with 66 black & white photographs. Previous owner has carefully glued-in additional black & white photographic images of related Chinese bronzes to preliminary pages front and rear, and to a few random pages. Dust jacket with chipping along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover.
Hardcover. Lockport NY , self-published, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 204 pages. Illustrated in color and b&w. Scrupulously detailed guide to over 600 North American railroad china patterns. Each pattern is clearly illustrated with a close-up photo of the logo, border and backmarks. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos plus almost 40 pages of color photos showing 300 of the patterns. The Guide also covers railroad station restaurant and eating house ware, electric street railway and streetcar china, and select patterns from railroad connected ferry boat services. With pricing information for each pattern, rarity scale, information on manufacturers and how to decode their marks, and advice for the beginner on how and what to collect. Still in publisher's shrink wrap.
Hardcover. Chicago, Art Media Resources, Inc., 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated with full color photographs. Bright, clean copy.