Robert Rorex (49 results)
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Seller: Gate City Books, GREENSBORO, NC, U.S.A.Gate City Books
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Condition: good. USED book in GOOD condition. Great binding, pages and cover show normal signs of wear from use.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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- First Edition
Seller: The Book Escape, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.The Book Escape
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardocover in slipcase. Slipcase has mild wear at corners. Book in escellent condition with little wear. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***. Book.
Language: English
Published by New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974, New York 1974
- Hardcover
Seller: Marie Hartman, Branch, MI, U.S.A.Marie Hartman
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very good beige HB in like slipcase. The story is taken from a fourteenth-century handscroll in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Intro, commentary, and translation of poems by robert a. Rorex and Wen Fong. Spine slightly fade…d, minor shelfwear, small ink scribble edge. Oversize. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Language: English
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Last Word Books, Olympia, WA, U.S.A.Last Word Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Collectible Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A used book with light rubbing to cloth boards. Slipcase has moderate rubbing and shelf wear. Binding square and tight. Photos upon request. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.
Language: English
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1974
- Hardcover
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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hardcover. Condition: fine. Introduction, commentary, and translation of Poems by Robert A. Rorex and Wen Fong. Well illustrated in color and b/w. Slim oblong 4to, yellow cloth, pictorial boards slipcase. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1974). A fine copy in a very good(+) slipcase.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1974
- Hardcover
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst)
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. New York, 1974; yellow cloth covered boards; minimal shelf wear; illustrated slip case with edge and corner wear; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; interior clean and unmarked; not paginated. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art 1974
- Hardcover
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Chaparral Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Translation by Robert A. Rorex. Minor wear to binding with some spotting & discolorations to cloth. Corners are sharp, text and images unmarked. Illustrated slipcase is in fair condition, with small cracks to bottom edges and medium chipping/rubbing to extremities.
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art 1975
- Hardcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
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Hardcover. Condition: Good.
- Hardcover
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United KingdomThe Guru Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition and boxed in great condition.
Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: The Story of Lady Wen-Chi; a Fourteenth Century Handscroll in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rorex, Robert A. and Wen Fong (Introduction, Commentary, and Translation of Poems); Shang Liu (Poems)
Published by The Metropolitan Museun of Art, (New York) 1974
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- First Edition
Seller: Samuel H. Rokusek, Bookseller, Pleasant Prairie, WI, U.S.A.Samuel H. Rokusek, Bookseller
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First Printing. Book has no writing or marking. Slipcase has light rubs to edges else fine.
Language: English
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art 1974
- Hardcover
Seller: SatelliteBooks, Burlington, VT, U.S.A.SatelliteBooks
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good / no dust jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text and Images. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
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Published by NY. 1974. Metropolitan Museum Of Art/ New York Graphic Society. 1975
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.Chris Fessler, Bookseller
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tan, red & black oblong decorative (wider than tall with chinese calligraphy) cloth hardbound folio. very large ("coffee table" size book), int'l or priority shipping will cost extra). in slipcase (open ended box). very fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. slipcase in fine…cond. tiny bit of rubbing at corners, not torn, stained, soiled or beat up. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first edition. first printing (nap). decorative frontis. approximately 81 unnumbered pages. every page illustrated. many full color full page illustrations of the vintage paintings (one large foldout). reproduction of the original chinese manuscript with english translation. notes. & acknowledgments. art history. painting. chinese literature. ancient history. chinese history. hsiung~nu. han dynasty. wen chi's captivity in mongolia and her return to china. folklore. liu shang.
ARTIBUS ASIAE INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY VOL. XLI, I
Fontein, Jan and Robert A. Rorex, Jane Terry Bailey, Phyllis Granoff, Marilyn Leese
Published by Artibus Asiae Publishers, Ascona, Switzerland 1979
- Softcover
- Periodical
Seller: Collectors Cabinet, Teaneck, NJ, U.S.A.Collectors Cabinet
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover, 12 1/4 by 9 inches, paginated 5-96 plus plates. Covers have very slight wear. Spine sunned. The pages are clean. Articles include: Sculpture of Maitreya in Suru valley Ladakh, Painting by Wang Hui by Rorex, Burmese painting murals at Taungyhaman by Bailey, Mahesvara image from Kasmir…by Granoff, Buddhist icon s at Kanheri's Cave. Plus book review.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1974
- Hardcover
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaBISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB
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Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Bound in yellow cloth. Colour and black and white illustrations. Near fine and housed in very good, rubbed slipcase.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: thewidowsbooks, Madison, AL, U.S.A.thewidowsbooks
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1974 yellow cloth brds. in slip cover.Ususally not with slip cover.great in tact bright pictorial slip cover.book produced from a hand scroll.Great paintings on the inside.
The Journal of the Theory and Criticism of the Visual Arts, Volume 1, Number 2 (1982)
Young, Joseph E. (ed.); Barela, Robert E. (ed.); Coulson, William D. E.; Jacquette, Dale; Peters, J. U.; Stark, Louisa R.; Rorex, Robert A.; Moffitt, John F.; Gavin, William J.; Conway, Jeremiah P.; Donnell-Kotrozo, Carol
Published by School of Art, College of Fine Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 1982
- Softcover
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.Cat's Cradle Books
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. ; Contents: Coulson, Phyromachos the Athenian. Jacquette, Roland Barthes on the aesthetics of photography. Peters, Ruskin and the language of art. Stark, Language and stylistic elements in the visual arts: examples from Inca sculpture. Rorex, Some…observations on Harold Osborne's "The aesthetics of Chinese pictorial art." Moffitt, Post-cubist pictorial themes: suggestions for iconographic investigations in non-abstract twentieth century painting. Gavin and Conway, Works of art as cultural probes. Donnell-Kotrozo, Abstract expressionism: criticizing the criticism. Barela, The visual arts as language. ; 10.0" tall; 167 pages. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.
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- First Edition
Seller: Bookman Books, Lynchburg, VA, U.S.A.Bookman Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The paintings and poems here are those of a handscroll acquired by the Met in 1973 from the collection of Chi-ch'ien Wang as a gift of the Dillon Fund. Minor shelf wear to slipcase.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1974
- Hardcover
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.Strand Book Store, ABAA
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Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.Rivertown Fine Books
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Pub by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974, presumed 1st Edition Thus. Near-square format. NOT exLib. As-New cond. hardcover w/ Near As-New pict slipcase. Yellow cloth over bds w/ black & red dec & lettering on cover & spine. Book is complete, intact & unmarked. Illustrated in color &…b&w. Very light wear to lower edge of slipcase. Square, straight, tight, bright & clean. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1974
- Hardcover
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.Andre Strong Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. 11 x 10 in. Cloth boards. Has slipcase. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers like near new, binding tight. PO's bookplate with name inked out on ffep. Slipcase is very good, clean, corners worn. Art. Stax.
Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: The Story of Lady Wen-chi.
ROREX, Robert A. and FONG, Wen (introduction, commentary, translation).
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art,, NY: 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Near fine in a very good (sun fading) illustrated slipcase. B0015772SU.
Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: The Story of Lady Wen-chi.
ROREX, Robert A. and FONG, Wen (introduction, commentary, translation).
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art,, NY: 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Near fine in a very good (minor edge wear) illustrated slipcase. B0015772SU.
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Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Archives, Manassas, VA, U.S.A.The Archives
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: The Story of Lady Wen-Chi is a 1974 publication by Robert A. Rorex and Wen Fong, featuring a 14th-century Chinese handscroll housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The scroll illustrates the life of Cai Wenji (also… known as Wen Chi), a Han Dynasty poet who was captured by nomadic tribes and later ransomed. The book includes translations of Liu Shang s poems and reproductions of the scroll s paintings, providing insight into Chinese art and culture during the Song and Yuan dynasties.
Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: The Story of Lady Wen-Chi
Robert A. Rorex; Text of the poems on the 14th Cent scroll is by Liu Shang, 8th Century.
Language: English
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art/NY Graphic Society, New York 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: A Few Books More. . ., Billings, MT, U.S.A.A Few Books More. . .
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to, unpaginated.(92 pp) bound in yellow with red decorations and black print. No Jacket with this copy. Pictorial slipcase, fully illustrated on both sides, with title on spine. Condition of s/c : chipped along all corners, some edges. The book itself is very clean and wi…th no damage to cloth binding. There is neatly in ink the name of the previous author in upper right corner of first fep. The bright orange endpapers and book condition is otherwise perfect. Paintings by unknown artist. (illustrator).
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: monobooks, Waterford, MI, U.S.A.monobooks
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1974, no previous printings listed. Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hardcover without DJ as issued with original slipcase. Condition as new, square tight and clean book, corners not bumped, no edgewear, no tears, no chips, no names, no underlinings no high…lights, no bent page corners, not a reminder.Slipcase very good, slight edgewear, one partial tear at one edge. Oblong 4to, 92 pages, illustrated throughout. ASIN: B0015772SU.
- Softcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
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paperback. Condition: Very Good.
Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: The Story of Lady Wen-chi: A Fourteenth-Century Handscroll in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Liu, Shang; Rorex, Robert A., and Fong, Wen (Introduction, Commentary, and Translation by)
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York Graphic Society, New York and Greenwich, CT 1974
- Hardcover
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Maria, CA, U.S.A.LEFT COAST BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Cloth, 1 volume (unpaged), illustrations (some colour); 25 x 28 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards & slipcase. Profusely illustrated. *** The text of the poems on the scroll reproduced here is by Liu Shang; the paintings are by an unkno…wn artist. Size: 4to.
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art,, New York, 1974
- Hardcover
Seller: monobooks, Waterford, MI, U.S.A.monobooks
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. First Thus. First edition thus 1974 not stated. Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. Hardcover in full decorated cloth without DJ as issued in pictorial slipcase. Condition as new, square tight and clean book, no edgewear, sharp corners, private bookplate on the front pastedown,…no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. Slipcase near fine, very slight wear at corners and edges. Square 4to, not paginated, illustrated throughout with color and monochrome plates. ASIN: B0015772SU.
