Chinoiserie Vision Cathay by Honour Hugh (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:0719529271. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Paperback. 296 text page soft cover with illustrations. A study of Chinoiserie style from Middle Ages to 19th C. Light wear to exterior. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean.Icon Editions IN-39.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. vii 294 pages, index, black and white illustrations. The fore-edge and preliminaries are foxed, else clean, unmarked and solid. "Honour's Chinoiserie: The Vision of Cathay (1961) first set the phenomenon of chinoiserie in its European cultural context." (Wikipedia).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: n No Jacket. y 1st Edition. London: John Murray (Publishers) Ltd, 1961. Book. Very Good. Red Buckram Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Study of the European style of art known as chinoiserie which aims to discover how western artists and craftsmen regarded the Orient and expressed their vision of it. 294pp with index, illustrated with 4 colour plates,144 black and white photographs and 10 figures to the text. Gilt design to top board and lettering to spine, top edges tinted. Slight bumping to spine and corners and fading to spine, otherwise very good copy. Two Ex Libris labels to endpapers, one bearing the name of English art historian Ingrid Roscoe. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping. Book.…

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 294pp, illustrated, clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper. wrapper spine slightly faded, price-clipped.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket a little tired, otherwise VG++ Size: 8vo. Fully Illustrated (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A clean copy in very good condition, jacket price clipped and wearing through the front crease.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. viii, 294, IV color plates, 144 half-tone plates, 10 figs; publisher's red cloth, gilt tiles and decoration, dj clipped by bookseller to accommodate new price, dj with edge wear and now in protective cover. Signed by the author "Bevis, with best wishes from the author, Hugh"-bevis being Bevis Hillier, with a facsimile of his bookplate on ffep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Author Presntation Copy.…

H.b. Condition: Near New. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Ed. viii, 244 pgs. Index. Catalogue of Illustrations. Wonderfully illustrated with four color plates, 80 pgs. of b&w photographs & several line drawings. Illustrations, many of which were photographed specifically for this book, range in date from 11th century Byzantine ivory to recent works, e.g. by Vincent Van Gogh, such as his " Hiroshige" print. The author defines the word "chinoiserie" as an expression of the European vision of Cathay (China), romantically thought of as an exquisite land of silken mandarins, porcelain flowers, paintings, ceramics, silver, textiles . . . evocations of the beautiful & imaginary land of Cathay. Once very attractive d.j. now has considerable shelf wear with rubbing & chips along edges. Red boards & spine are with gilt design & gilt letters to spine are new-like cond. as is the very clean interior of this vol. Size: 6 3/4" x 9 1/4".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Hardcover; 8vo; 294 pages + ~60 b&w plates. Red cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine and decoration of pagoda on front.very light edgewear. Head-edge dyed red. Prev. owner's signature on ffep. The pages are beginning to yellow but are still bright and clean. Yellow paper jacket with black titles. Moderately scuffed. Edges soiled. PC. VG+/VG-. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardback, 1961, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a good dust jacket with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed to edges and slightly faded to spine with a couple of small nicks and chips, and crease to front lower right hand corner (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature to front endpaper dated 1961; toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.…

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Pages clean and bright, small previous owner inscription on front pastedown, boards and binding tidy, light chipping to edges of dust jacket. Size: 8vo.

8vo. pp. 294. 4 colour plates.144 b/w illus. index. cloth. dw. (some wear to edges, surface lament bit peeling at outer joints).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition hardback, 1961, with unclipped jacket. dust jacket with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket edgeworn with a couple of small nicks and chips, and a tear to thin protective plastic front top left hand corner; boards clean and crisp with applied gilt decoration to front and gilt lettering to spine. Binding tight. Foxing spots to side block edges. Some pages with age spots. Contents are complete, clean, free from inscriptions or annotations.…