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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Cover shows minor wear, lightly tanned pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. Jacket is slightly marked and worn; two or three minor marks on boards beneath. Occasional pencilled underlining; minor loss at lower edge of p.199 (no text obscured). Content is clear throughout. TS. Used.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth) with dust jacket; 21.7 x 29 cm; 0.643 Kg; 102 pages with black-and-white illustrations.; Used book with minor signs wear on the dust jacket and interior.Very good condition overall.; The papers included in Volume 53 of the Transactions of Oriental Ceramic Society cover a variety of both media and regions. The significant paper on Neolithic Jade Carving in China by Dr Watt will be of special interest to those concerned with new discoveries of this material. John Guy's paper on the decorated Vietnamese ceramic tiles located in mosques in Java breaks new ground on the subject of artitic transmissions and on trade and is valuable for the historical insights. A far cry from this is Ju.ia B. Curtis paper on Chinese export porcelain found in West Virginia, a paper with interesting highlights on the social history of its users. For lovers of Japanese art, especially lacquer, Julia Hutt paper on the Gifu Inro tells a particularly intriguing story of the manufacture and identity of a large set of these objects. The volume is completed with a slightly abridged version of Philip Allen's paper on tea and Yixing wares in Europe, based on a datable collection of teapots from that famous kiln.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good.

Gr.-8°, Orig.-Leinen. XXI, 660 S. Einb. min. fl. - Gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Dead Men's Tracks - Part I - A story from Western Australia about a lost mine; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part II - How the first white woman in history succeeded in entering Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet; Stumbling Pete (Peter Dawson) - a tale of two trappers on the northern coast of British Columbia; Down the World's Most Dangerous River - A thrilling 750 mile boat voyage down the Colorado River, with photos; Muskrat Farming in Canada - One of the latest industries to be established in Canada - breeding muskrats for their pelts on a commercial scale; Marooned in the Swamps - A veteran hunter is abandoned in the heart of Africa; Murder will Out - How R.N.W.M.P. Constable Pennecuick searched for three missing travellers - one of the most remarkable cases in the annals of the famous Mounted Police of Canada, with photos; The Gorilla of Ubangui - A trip to French Congo in search of a huge gorilla; The Promotion of Constable Sidi, a Nigerian Policeman; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part III - The continued adventures of two city-bred sisters who took up homesteading in South Dakota. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Robinson, T.H.; Tresilian, S.; Leigh, Conrad; Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Wightman, W.E.; Tresilian, S.; Sindall, A.W.; Brock, R.H. (illustrator).…