New York: Grove Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. reprint. Hardcover in slipcase. 49 b&w plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 262 pages; 1958 Grove Press. Oversize slipcased hardcover snugly bound and fresh in uniformly bright red cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine. 262 pages of text accompanied by 49 b&w plates with facing page notes. Publisher's black paper covered slipcase is sound and clean bit with some rubbing and mild flaking to paper at lower open corners and a light tear and snag to the cover paper at a top corner. Book is NF in about VG slipcase. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

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Bookseller: DogStar Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 46248
Title: An Introduction to the Study of Chinese Painting
Author: Waley, Arthur
Format/Binding: Hardcover in slipcase
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1958
Bookseller catalogs: Art History; Asia / China;

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DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.