Bernstein Sam (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. ISSN # 0440-2316. From the collection of Robert Hershon.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 266 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy of the first printing. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Size: 8vo. SIGNED. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Signed by Bernstein, "To Steve Mullens/With best wishes, Sam Bernstein/July 6, 2010/San Francisco." Black cloth spine over red boards. The dust jacket has shallow scratching to the rear cover. Illustrated. ; 269 pages; Signed by Author.

Condition: Like New. Text block, pages, boards and binding are pristine, dust wrapper is like new. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by the author on the title page, with brief inscription. Several old liquid spots on title page. Otherwise a clean unmarked copy in bright covers. With stiff unopened pages. With 120 color illustrations and multiple b/w figures. Rear cover with two small dents at the lower edge. Crisp jacket with light surface scuffs. Oversize. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, CA library. Signed by Author(s).

** INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE ** Sturdy hardcover book WITH dustjacket. Both book and jacket are essentially flawless and in As New condition. Book appears never to have been read. Published by Orchid Press, illustrated, with 269 pages. The book is quite clean and stain-free, square and straight, very firm and tight in its binding, no pages are loose, torn, folded, creased, or missing. The hinges are sound and undamaged, the corners are sharp and unbumped. All pages are clean and stain free, and all text is sharp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or other such markings anywhere in the book (aside from author's inscription). The dustjacket is clean and stain-free, complete and intact, has no tears, no pieces missing, no edgewear, no creases. Five-star seller, buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. B48.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, CA library.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated from black and white photographs, drawings. Stapled wrappers. Small quarto. 32pp. Spine and edges lightly age-toned, near fine. Poetry, and essays by Victor Bockris, Debby Baldwin, Michael Jennings, Bob Bernstein, A.J. Litwinko, Jr., Sam Robertson Little, Greg Djanikian, Chris Stephens, A.J. Litwinko, Jr., Edward Zorensky, and William B. Patrick. Interview with Dannie Abse by Bockris.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy in a fine, mylar protected DJ. Small number written in black on top corner of front end paper and pastedown. Includes a small amount of Chinese text information for each illustration. A beautifully illustrated book, privately published by the author in an edition of 2000 copies, featuring 27 full page color plates of antique Chinese jade and other art objects; 1st edition. Original price of $50.00 on DJ corner. 4to., Unpaginated. 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Paperback. Black wraps with white lettering and color illustrated; 107 pp; bw and color illustrations. Contents: Why collect jade : an historical perspective / Sam Bernstein -- A jade collecting criteria / Sam Bernstein -- Analysis of jade artifacts / Brian Curtiss -- Early jades in China : some cultural contexts, social implications / David N. Keightley -- Chinese art and American culture / Warren Cohen -- Later Chinese jades : a stylistic approach / SoKam Ng -- Some museums with jade collections. VG- (light scuffing to wraps, pages are clean).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. S. Bernstein & Co.; San Francisco. 1996. INSCRIBED Oversized Softbound in FINE Condition. INSCRIBED on half-title, first endpaper in jade green ink: "To Jan" (or maybe Ian) "Wilson-- With best wishes-- Sam Bernstein," otherwise INTERIOR PRISTINE: clean, tight, bright, an unread copy. LAID-IN: "With Compliments" engraved card from S. Bernstein & Co., Jade & Oriental Art. This scholarly volume contains academic articles of interest to the scholar, archaeologist and collector of Chinese jade. The purpose of The Journal of Chinese Jade is to provide a forum in which ideas related to jade may receive exposure to the international community. Articles: Guo, Dashun. A Study on the Cloud-Scroll Jade Plaque of the Hongshan Culture. Huang, Tsui-Mei (Huang ZiMei). From the Tomb No. 3 at Sidun to the Tomb of the Nanyue King: On the Transition of Jade's Role During the Late Neolithic to the Han Period. Yang, Mei-Li (Yang MeiLi). A Study of the Ge-Dagger. Pearce, Nick. The Hardinge Collection of Chinese Jades. Zhichun Jing and Guang Wen. Mineralogical Inquiries into Chinese Neolithic Jades. Bernstein, Sam. Book Review of Plunder & Preservation: Cultural Property Law and Practice in the People's Republic of China. J. David Murphy. "Sam Bernstein is one of the world's leading scholars of and dealers in jade. No one knows the subject better." A beautiful copy, suitable for gifting or collection. Carefully shipped in secure parcel. Inscribed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated from black and white photographs, drawings. Stapled wrappers. Small quarto. 32pp. Spine lightly rubbed, very good being poet Daniel Hoffman's copy with his name penned inside wrapper. Poetry, and essays by Victor Bockris, Debby Baldwin, Michael Jennings, Bob Bernstein, A.J. Litwinko, Jr., Sam Robertson Little, Greg Djanikian, Chris Stephens, A.J. Litwinko, Jr., Edward Zorensky, and William B. Patrick. Interview with Dannie Abse by Bockris.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Green boards with gilt front and spine titling. Unmarked. Appears unread. Square sharp corners. Dust Jacket not price clipped. Very minor top edges sunning. Lavishly illustrated with color plates and b&w illustrations on quality chrome paperstock. 180 numbered pages including Notes fo the Plates and Bibliography. Brilliant near fine copy.

Condition: New. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 148 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The Island of Hong Kong - political and economic origins of early western mapping; Is Hong Kong the old name of Ap Lei Chau Island?; The Secrets of Chinese Maps - a map collector's insights; Stoneware Jars and Potters in Southeast Asia; The Art of Nepal; Tibetan Leather Boxes; Book Review; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.