Jade Lore by John Goette - 1936

Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Order today-sent today with tracking number, M-F*. Very Attractive for its age. Clean cover with minor scuffing, on clean age tanned pages. Condition exceptions: owners name written on flyleaf and front spine hinge appears weak. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. *Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4:30 PM M-F.

Reynal & Hitchcock. Used - Very Good. 1937. Hardcover. Cloth with gilt and green stamped lettering. Quarto. xv & 321 pp. Illustrated. Mild shelf wear to boards. Spine slightly cocked. Bookplate to front pastedown. Pages moderately toned. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: China).

Shanghai 1936, Kelly & Walsh. Green cloth, 321p., index, 1 color frontis, 96 b.w. photos, 5 drawings, index, color Jade spectrum chart, 18.5 x 24 cm., very clean, solid and firm example. FIRST EDITION . *** **** *** . . A STANDARD CLASSIC REFERENCE . . . ON CHINESE JADES & HARD STONES . * This scholarly and authorative work covers the past thirty centuries of Jade. . Definition of the stone, its source, industry, colors, imitations, related stones, uses in stone age civilization, religious & ceremonial use, music application, Jade mountains and imperial pieces and adornment. . The various motives, designs, Chinese character, found in literature & mythology. . A comprehesive and copious resource source book, valuable for scholars, students, collectors, museum curators and dealers. . Printed on heavy rag paper, well done. . *** .

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Lmtd. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fragile, but attractive, dj is faded on the spine, and has one chip on the lower front corner. Book cover is badly stained and warped at the top. The front hinge is cracking, and there are three stains on the fep (coffe, tea or rust?), and a larger stain inside the front cover, at the top. Text is fine, with a sticker at the bottom of the title page, from the store where it was originally sold (in San Francisco).; 8x10" .