Brankston (15 results)

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

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good +. Second edition, revised. Second, revised edition of a classic work on the Jingdezhen imperial kiln site. The author, born in China and educated in England, returned to China as an assistant keeper of the British Museum, visiting kilns and factories in Jingdezhen as well as connecting with the major ceramics collectors at the time in China. Based on this first-hand experience, Brankston developed a new interpretation of the early products of these kilns, particularly in the Yongle period. The result was first published in the present volume in 1938, and republished in a limited edition, with added material, in 1970. Light foxing on fore-edges, interior pages clean and bright. xvi, 102 pp., 1 col. and 44 b&w plates, line drawings, 2 maps. Size: 25 x 17 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket is lightly rubbed, soiled and edge worn. Short tears with a chip to head of jacket spine and a chip to foot of front flap fold. Stain along front flap fold extending half way up from the foot with a bit of abrasion visible on front panel. Bump to lower board corners, binding cocked but firm. Unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. First thus. Boards slightly bowed else fine condition. The DJ in mylar is toned to spine, lightly edgeworn with a 1cm closed edge tear. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 102 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 17 x 25 cm; 0.513 Kg; 104 pages with black-and-white illustrations.; Used in very good condition, with signs of wear on the exterior. The dust jacket is slightly faded on spine and bottom of the back cover. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; First published by Henri Vetch, Peking, 1938. Reissued, with a Biographical and Bibliographical Note of the Author, and a note on "The A.D. Brankston Collection of Chinese Porcelain in the British Museum", by Soame Jenyns (1954), by Vetch and Lee Limited, Hong Kong, 1970. This edition reprinted, with permission, by Oxford University Press, 1982.; Early Ming Wares of the Chingtechen became the standard work on the wares of the reigns of Yung Lo (1403-24) and Hsuan Te (1426-35). The author, A.D. Brankston, brought to the subject a rare combination of taste and enthusiasm, documentation from Chinese sources and knowledge gained in the field. Although its plate reproduction cannot match today's standards, Early Ming Wares of Chingtechen neverthless remains an important pionnering work. Out of print for over a decade, it is now reprinted by Oxford Univerity Press in the Oxford for Asia Studies in Ceramics series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt decorations, 104 pp including map and 5 pp ads. Color frontis, illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Front cover and spine with some fading, three leaves with a chip at the top edge, otherwise very good.

re-issue hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy octavo xvi + 102pp., colour frontis., b/w plates, text ills., map, appends., bibliog., index, Nice copy in bright blue boards in a slightly chipped dust jacket.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition on eof 650 copies issued.Maroon silk binding with gilt lettering and Chinese dragon vignette decoration to the front board.xvi,104 pages , 6 page catalogue of other Henri Vetch titles. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, 45 monochrome plates, 18 text figures done in line, 5 tables depicting forms for various periods,a map of Chingtechen and the kilns of Fouliang and a ceramic map of China.6.75 X 9.75 inches.Very good copy, the book is a bit rubbed, and faded on the spine. Ex library label of the Rt. Hon. Malcolm Macdonald P.C., O.M. on the front pastedown, also gift inscription to the same from Henry Yeung on the front free endpaper. Subsequent owner's name and date also on the front free endpaper.Another owner's name stamp appears three times on the preliminary pages. Han-shan Tang, specialist Asian and Far East book sellers tag to rear pastedown. Browning to page edges, occasional spotting to some pages. Very sound and solid binding,with firm hinges and no spltting to endpapers.

xvi, 102p., 45 black and white plates interspered through the text; cloth-covered boards lightly shelfworn, with some fading to the spine. Stated limitation of 650 copies. Discussion of the fine works produced in Jiangxi province at the famous site known in modern pinyin as Jingdezhen.

Hardcover. Limited to 650 copies. Red silken clovered boards. xvi, 102 pp., map, 6 pp. ads for other Vetch publications + 45 interspersed bw plate pages, each containing multiple bw images. Said to be the first scholarly study of Ming Porcelain. This is the original edition, not one of the later inferior reprints. Quite scarce. VG- (previous owner's name on ffep, light fading to boards, age toning to pages but text and illustrations are otherwise clean and clear.).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Hardback, silk binding with gilt titles to spine and gilt illustration to front board. 102pp. Complete with all plates as called for, including colour frontispiece. 4 tables and 18 illustrations within the text. Limited edition of 650 copies. 1st edition 1938. Spine faded, a little fading to boards. Fore edge slightly foxed, with occasional foxing to contents. Preivous owner's name written to front free end-paper. Some pencil marginal annotations and underlining of text. A pleasing copy. (bs103).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First limited edition of 650 copies noted, lg8vo burgundy silk over bevelled boards with gilt dragon decoration on front cover, gilt ltrs to spine slt sunned with a little rubbing to ends, a little nibble at top of fnt board and three more at left side of spine not affecting titles, ow very clean and tight, VG/ndj: xvi+102+(6)pp+45 (1 col) plates, 4 tables, 1 map, illustrations, Chinese colophon, 6pp ads, bibl, glossary, index. "First published in Peking in 1938 . . . became the standard work on the wares of the reigns ofYongle/ Yung Lo (1403-24) and Xuande/Hsuan Te (1426-35). ".

First edition, 8vo, xvi, 102, (2) pp. 45 black and white plates plus illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., slightly sunned.

First edition, first printing, one of 650 copies only, inscribed on the front free endpaper recto, "From one connoisseur to another, R.K.S. from J.M.P. August 15 1939". James Marshall Plumer and R. K. Stockwell were two leading American collectors of Chinese antiquities. In 1941, their collections were exhibited at the University of Michigan, where Plumer was lecturer on Far Eastern art; he wrote the exhibition catalogue. Among his many academic activities, Plumer (1899-1960) served as the editor of the Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin. At the University of Michigan, "he imparted his enthusiasm for the subject to his students, oftentimes interrupting classes for a hands-on demonstration of a traditional Chinese tea service and hosting luncheons at his home served in authentic Chinese ceramic bowls" (Monuments Foundation). The Plumer-Stockwell exhibition ("Design and Technique in Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirrors") was mounted at the university's Rackham Building from 4-15 March. Alongside the inscription are both Plumer's red Chinese seal and Stockwell's Oakland California black ownership ink stamp. "Profile of James Marshall Plumer", Monuments Foundation, available online. Octavo. Colour frontispiece of Xuande dish, 46 plates, maps and illustrations in text. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front board with gilt dragon vignette. Half-title with part of jacket front panel clipped and laid down. Spine and front board sunned, gilt a little rubbed, toning internally: a very good copy.