Introduction Shih (21 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in Very Good Condition. Light Blue Cloth with titles in yellow on spine and front board. Corners slightly bumped. Light foxing throughout.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 272 pages. 10.00x6.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine; title label on front; 91 pages; illustrated; first printing stated. Book in fine condition with only very very slight fading to spine, otherwise like new. Slipcase is very good plus with slight scuffing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 272 pages. 10.00x6.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

[0-88884-446-8] 1980. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 131pp. 4to. Stiff card covers. Billingual gallery catalogue created for the exhibition which celebrated the National Gallery of Canada's one hundred years of connection with Canadian contemporary art. Related ephemera laid in.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 312 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (in mylar). Chinese pirate ediion, printed and bound in Taiwan; Upper coutside corner of ffep is torn out; Rear free endpaper has a dime-sized hole in the center from hot wax? Textblock overall is clean and tight; Binding lightly edge and corner rubbed; Dust jacket, in mylar, edge and corner worn and rubbed. 298p., including extensive glossary and index. Size: 12mo - over 6" - 7" Tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. Previous owner's name on front endpaper; light rubbing to board corners; else a clean, solid hardcover bound in full cloth with unmarked interior and text. The dust jacket remains unclipped ($2.75) and presents well under fresh archival mylar despite several small chips along the panel edges and corner folds. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid copy in attractive jacket. 306pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. English and Chinese text.; 6 volumes with silk covers in 2 slipcases with two clasps: Volume I-III and IV-VI (includes the carton boxes).; 48 x 35.5 x 9 cm (carton boxes), 44 x 32.5 x 8 (splicases).; 12.3 kg.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior of the 6 volumes and interior. The interior of all volumes show some yellowing throughout. The slipcases show also signs of wear, namely some fading on the side with the two clasps. The exterior of both carton boxes show also signs of wear. Good condition overall.; Black and white an colour illustrations.; Volume 1 - 49 pages plus 49 plates, Volume 2 - plate 50 to 94, Volume 3 - plate 95 to 144, Volume 4 - plate 145 to 187, Volume 5 - plate 188 to 240 and Volume 6 - plate 241 to 300.; LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 0380.; Selected and Compiled by an Editorial Committee of the Joint Board of Directors of the National Palace Museum and the National Central Museum, Taichung, Taiwan.; "The pictures reproduced in these volumes are the property of the Republic of China, and form part of the treasure that came from the former Imperial Palace of the Ch'ing Dynasty. With the exception of a few pieces which at present belong to the National Central Museum, the pictures are housed in the National Palace Museum of Peiping, now located in Taichung, Taiwan (Formosa). Of the three hundred pictures reproduced here, thirty-five are of the T'ang period (A. D. 618-907), twenty-five of the Epoch of the Five Dynasties (A. D. 907-960), eighty-four of the Sung Dynasty (A. D. 960-1279), sixty-one of the Yüan period (A.D. 1279-1368), and eighty-four of the Ming Dynasty (A. D. 1368-1644) and the early Ch'ing period. The dates of the other eleven pictures, portraits of emperors and empresses, are not definitely known and therefore not given. From these pictures, one can obtain a broad view of the styles of the various periods and the course along which Chinese pictorial art has developed. A study of Lu Hung's TEN SCENES OF A THATCHED HALL (plates no. 5-14), Tung Yüan's LANDSCAPE (plate no. 42) and Chü Jan's SEEKING TRUTH IN AUTUMN MOUNTAINS (plate no. 44), for instance, will give one a fairly clear view of the development of landscape painting in China as well as an understanding of the various styles of these great painters. Our selections also show that a great master often adopted, or created by himself, more than one style. In this connection, the Editors have taken special care to include, as far as possible, more than one work of each important artist. For instance, Li T'ang's SOUGHING WIND AMONG MOUNTAIN PINES (plate no. 95) is different in style from his HERMIT FISHING ON A STREAM (plate no. 96); Chao Mêng-fu's RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS (plate no. 145) is different in style from his BAMBOO, ROCK AND OLD TREE (plate no. 147); Ch'iu Ying's MANSION OF THE IMMORTALS IN FAIRYLAND (plate no. 243) is different in style from his CONVERSATION UNDER T'UNG TREES (plate no. 242). The materials presented in these volumes will therefore be of considerable value in a comparative study of the art of painting in China." excerpt from the introduction by Wang Shih-chich, Taiwan, China, January, 1959.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original ivory canvas cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered blue back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. 1 of 1500 copies. Contains (xxxix), 173 pp bilingual text. A small rodent has gnawed away to the bottom corner of the front board, in dust wrapper with similar gnawing to the paper, not price clipped, HK$25. Dust wrapper protected. SIGNED by John Cairncross to the front free end paper 'To Keith Abercrombie (author of 'A History of Sperlonga') as a fellow enthusiast and a contributor to my preface | John Cairncross - 20th November 1967.' Member of the P.B.F.A. CHINA & CHINESE HISTORY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardback copy. No dustjacket. xlvi, 298pp. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 25.5 x 21 cm.; 1.1 Kg.; 243 pages with black and white and a few colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear, namely on the dust jacket that has scuffs and tears. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; "The present publication does not attempt to offer an archaeological or art historical survey of China. Rather it is arranged to convey the major strengths of our holdings. Ceramics are pre-eminent and include the greatest number of examples. Bronzes, though less numerous, are among the most ancient and rarest of Chinese artifacts. The Museum's examples are distinguished by virtue of having come almost directly from their sites of discovery, for the most part. Tomb figurines are now prized by Western collectors for their immediacy of representational effect, and by Chinese for their vivid expression of historical mores. At the time the Museum acquired most of its collection in this category, few Westerners even knew what these small sculptures were, while Chinese looked askance at their collection as a result of the desecration of ancestral burials. Other categories are well represented, though with less numerical and, sometimes, aesthetic strengh." excerpt from the introduction by Hsio-Yen Shih, Curator, Royal Ontario Museum, June 1972.

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Very Good+. Limited Edition. Two oversize hardcovers with thin boards covered in rice paper; spines tied with red string; red title panels on front; color illustrations; limited edition 177/1500; signed by Miguel Covarrubias. Books in very good plus condition with heads of spines and top outer corners bumped resulting in mild creasing including the pages; otherwise excellent. There is an orange cardboard cover in very good minus condition with cloth spine somewhat faded and mild wear. The slilpcase is in poor condition: missing the spine; in pieces; soiled and worn. Will require extra for shipping, Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.

Softcover. Tall quarto, unpaginated. In Good plus condition. Spine is exposed textblock with green thread stitching. Boards have mild shelving wear along extremities, moderate soiling and damp staining along front cover, severe sunning to front cover and mild sunning along head edge of rear cover. Text block mildly age toned, has mild bending wear to fore corners, and moderate water warping to pastedowns (interior unaffected). Shelved in locked annex - Q+F. 1395505. FP New Rockville Stock.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. 2ème Édition. Paris 1978. 1 Volume/1. Broché cousu. Sans la jaquette. Format 20 x 12,5 cm ( 720 gr ). ------- 740 pages + 5 figures et 2 cartes Hors-Texte en cahier central.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Comes in slip case. Very small rips to dustjacket, which is now in protective brodart cover; inside front flap of dustjacket is slightly frayed. Interior is unmarked and like new. Not ex-library; from private collection.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover book First Edition in FINE / as NEW condition; dust jacket has a short tear and "scrunch" on the top edge of jacket rear, otherwise is very clean and unmarked; slipcase is VG++ with very light rubbing and soil.

First edition of White's fine photographic study of the monuments of Shanghai. Folio, original royal blue embroidered silk pictorial boards, illustrated with seventy mounted color and monochrome photographic plates of the celebrated monuments of China's Northern Capital and its environs complete with descriptive and historical notes by Herbert C. White, Art Director of Signed of the Times Publishing House, Shanghai. Introduction by Hu Shih, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Peking. In fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's box. Very rare in such fine condition. Herbert C. White (1896-1962) arrived in China in 1922, together with his twin brother James H. White (1896-1954). They opened a language school in Beijing. Attracted by Chinese landscapes and civilization, they used their vacations to travel around the country and took large numbers of photographs. This album is a selection of photographs of the city gates and walls, the Temple of Heaven, the Forbidden City, and the temples and monasteries of Beijing. It presents a realistic view of the city's appearance during the early Republican era. From the preface: "For a long time there has been a recognized need for an album on historic Peking that would embody a representative set of all the important monuments of the capital. The very fact that so many of the ancient landmarks . are being torn from their foundations and ruthlessly destroyed, makes an album of this kind not only interesting as an art volume, but a work of immeasurable value to China and to the world, as an authentic record of picturesque Peking.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+ condition. First edition. Elephant Folio. 154 (1)pp. Original Royal Blue brocade, with lettering, imagery and decorative frame woven into covers; housed in custom-made black cloth slipcase. Frontispiece. Historiated initials at acknowledgments, introduction and preface, historiated initials and endpiece drawings on text pages. Comprising Seventy Photographic Studies of the Celebrated Monuments of China's Northern Capital and Its Environs Complete with Descriptive and Historical Notes. Introduction by Dr. Hu Shih. Printed in b/w collotype. Working as missionaries for eight years the White brothers Herbert Clarence and John Henry took more than four thousand photographs of the city, establishing schools to train young Chinese men and women in employable skills. "Students were taught to print and hand-color their photographs in oil. after 1930 the brothers relocated themselves and their publishing concern to ST. Helena, California. The sepia photos in this volume, each highlighted by a decorative border and captioned simply in Chinese only, are described extensively on facing pages in English. The "northern capital" of the subtitle is Bejing, referencing the shift of 1927, when the Republicans moved the seat of government to Nanjing (southern capital"). It was returned to Bejing in 1937, ending the so-called "Nanjing Decade." This decade roughly corresponds to the period when the White brothers lived in Bejing and photographed a truly beautifuland now irreparably alteredincarnation of the city that is known today almost solely through old photographs such as theirs." Parr & Lundgren, The Chinese Photobook, pages 44-47. An exceptional copy of this intricate photographic homage to the Forbidden City. Slipcase near perfect. Spine lightly cocked and light scuffing with some very light foxing on endpapers and foredge.