Eli Lancman (19 results)

Condition: Good. 1966. First Edition. 188 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Laminated pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Boards assumed in good condition as covered with library-laminated jacket. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Clothbound Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Printing. 188 pp. with bibliography and index. Profusely illustrated. Photos available upon request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Clean & Unmarked. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very clean and straight copy in like dust jacket. Clipped. Very handsome. Still in original slipcase. 188 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good in like slipcase, Appears unread with NO markings. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. First printing, so stated. Rust/red cloth with black chinese character and gilted tiles. This copy is FINE in a VG, unclipped ( $10.00), DJ AND with the original cardbord, decorative red/ black protective, stapled box , also VG. RARE as such. Book itself has no noticeable blemishes. DJ has modest top edge wear, mostly from sliding in and out of the cardboard. The cardboard has a little crimping at the closed spine ends and modest age toning, but still attractive.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The first edition is stated, 188 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "Although Chinese art has obtained widely recognition in the West, no comprehensively study of Chinese portaiture has previously been available. Eli Lancman's book fills a gap as surprising as it is wide. The book's fully -illustrated survey of this neglected subject is fascinating and informed." FINE HARDCOVER, GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First. Illustrated (b/w). 188 pages. 4to., red cloth, dust wrapper, publisher's box. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1966. Fine in near fine dust wrapper.

First edition. Tall 8vo. 188 pp. 66 plates. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, good condition in slipcase. (77174).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Minimal wear to jacket. No tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. In original slipcase (very good condition). 188pp Size: 210mm x 240mm. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Vermont, Tuttle, 1966. Quarto; pictorial cloth; a fine copy with the lightly rubbed and slightly chipped dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Printing. Illustrated:58 Black-and-White Plates,8 Colour.Cloth Binding.Gilt Title[Spine],Black Motif[Front Cover].Previous owners Insc.ffep.Small mark[White-out] to crnr of Half-title page.Some fading[discolouration] to spine & spine edge[back cover].

(1966). First edition. Fine in loosely-woven ruby-colored cloth, embossed in black with device to front cover, lettered in gilt and black to spine, colored endpapers, in illustrated dust jacket; housed in cardboard slipcase with printed wraparound paper label. Quarto. Charming b&w chapter heads and sixty-six illustrations, eight in color, highlight this lovely production. Lancman makes the point that in Chinese portraits the artist attempts to render a portrait of the subject's soul. Sources, bibliography, index.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 188 pages illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) : 27 cm. In original card slipcase.

1st edition / 1st printing hardback with dust jacket Nice copy large octavo 188pp., col. & b/w pls., bibliog., index, Very nice copy in like dust jacket. In original decorated slip-case as issued.

Black and white and colour illustrations, 188pp, chronology, notes, bibliography, index. 26.5 x 19cm. Slightly worn dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet, with their bookplate on the front endpaper and a label indicating the collection number on the spine. "The basic difference between portraiture in the West and China, the author explains, is that the Chinese artist attempted to paint a portrait of his subject's soul rather than of his physical features. Consequently Chinese portraits cannot be appreciated from the same viewpoint as Western portraits" The first study on Chinese portraits to be published in English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Burgundy grain-clothed binding with gold title and black motif. 188 pages, includes index. Illustrated throughout. A clean, straight, unmarked book. Appears unused. Dust jacket price clipped, otherwise undamaged, now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. Slip-case has small mark on lower edge, is clean, complete and intact. Scan available on request.

Paperback. Dark blue wraps with color illustration and light blue lettering; unpaginated; richly illustrated. Text in English and Hebrew. "The rich and fascinating history of Japan is replete with tales that set out the daring deeds and almost superhuman capacities of the great men that led the noble families of the country in the contest for hegemony. Japanese tradition contains a very great store of legends, and the Japanese are spellbound by stories of demons and spirits. It is not surprising, therefore, that such stories should have made their way into Ukiyo-e prints." -- Introduction. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, April-June 1986. Good (Wraps are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; interior has light foxing at the edges; binding is solid.).

188p., 66 illus. (of which 8 colored), slightly chipped dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First Printing. lg8vo red cloth with gilt title on spine and black ornament on front cover. Clean, tight, square and bright first edition, PO's name on front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked and fine. Dust jacket is unclipped, protected in removable mylar, worn on top and bottom edges, with 1 1/2" closed tear at head of spine and missing triangle of paper 3/4" x 1/2" and 3" x 1/4". Ow VG/Gdj. 188pp, index, sources, Black & White/Color Plates With 66 illustrations, 8 in full color. First comprehensive study of the subject begins with stone reliefs from ancient tombs and then presents the history, highlighting differences between portraiture in the West and that of China.