Chinoiserie: The Vision of Cathay
by Honour, Hugh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
E.P. Dutton & Co. Used - Good. 1962. First Edition. hardcover. Cloth, no dj. Octavo. viii & 294 pp. Illustrated. Mild shelf wear to boards. Bookplate to front pastedown. Altogether very sound. Good. (Subject: Antiques & Collectibles).
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C64917
- Title
- Chinoiserie: The Vision of Cathay
- Author
- Honour, Hugh
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co
Terms of Sale
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
All orders subject to previous sale. Domestic Standard ships USPS Bound Printed Matter; Domestic Expedited ships UPS Ground; International ships via Air courier. All orders over $200.00 upgraded to UPS Ground without additional charge.
About the Seller
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
Biblio member since 2005
Chicago, Illinois
About Powell's Bookstores Chicago
Used, rare and out-of-print titles, specializing in academic and scholarly books. Independent bookstores in Chicago since 1970
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...