Gray Basil Introduction (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original edition of 1948 in illd. card covers. Large format. In vgc, no markings. Guaranteed condition.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Wraps have light edgewear, spine unbent. Pages are clean, text has no markings. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original cloth-backed printed boards. Contains 13 pages of text and 12 color plates. Large format, 10 X 14 inches. Light small stain in lower cover corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1971 large softbound, tight binding, square corners, cover has very faint spotting at top edge & fore-edge, red chinese block stamp in corner of title page, clean unmarked text.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 23 pages. Softcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket unclipped, with color tipped in plate on front cover, has a touch of agewear to top edge. Color tipped in plates throughout. Decorated wrapper very good, has a touch of tanning throughout from age. Previous owner's name/address blind stamped on bottom of title page. sewn/saddle-stitched binding, still tight. Beautiful plates fill this book about the art of painting Japanese screens. Record # 33113.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. 1956, second impression. 24pp. Tipped in colour plates and a few b&w illustrations. Slight crimping to the front of the jacket where the illustration has been pasted on. Book and unclipped jacket otherwise in excellent condition with no inscriptions. The dust jacket is in an easily removable clear plastic protector. From 'The Faber Gallery of Oriental Art' series.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Second Impression. 1957, second impression. 24pp. Tipped in colour plates and a few b&w illustrations. "The art of the Punjab Hill State of Garhwal is an entrancing parallel to that of Kangra. Developing in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, it exhibits the same preoccupation with courtly needs, the same delicate refinements and the same blending of poetry and romance. The work of its greatest master represents perhaps the highest level of poetic expression reached in eighteenth-century. Indian painting. In this monograph, Mr. W. G. Archer, Keeper of the Indian Section, Victoria and Albert Museum, discusses the problems posed by its sudden development and suggests the circumstances which may have prompted certain artists to settle in the State. He relates their work to earlier painting and stresses the supreme part played by the anonymous master. to colour plates illustrate some of the finest Garhwal pictures one of which (plate 5) was described in 1948 as the loveliest Indian painting ever to be shown in London.'" Slight crimping to the front of the jacket where the illustration has been pasted on. Book and unclipped jacket otherwise in excellent condition with no inscriptions. The dust jacket is in an easily removable clear plastic protector. From 'The Faber Gallery of Oriental Art' series.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. presumed first edition. Green cloth covers with title and author in blue ink on front cover and title on spine. The covers are worn and scuffed. There is a gift inscription in ink on the front paste down dated 1926. The text block is loosening and is cracked in the middle. Since it is sewn, there are no loose pages and the contents are complete, but it does need to be handled carefully. A decent working copy of a hard to find original edition. ; No additional printings listed on copyright page, date of 1925 on title page. Presumed first edition. Illustrated from black and white photos, and in-text drawings. The book's sections include Technical Stage Terms, Some Electrical Considerations - Dimmers, Wiring Systems - Switchboards (with fold-out plate) , Design of the Little Theatre, Principles of Stage Lighting, Lighting Equipment and Methods of Presentation. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xix. 79 pages pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. English text; Paperback; 18.2 x 24.5 cm; 0.366 Kg; not paginated with black and white and colour illustrations.; Used book in good condition with minor signs of wear in the cover, spine and back cover. Minor signs of wear in the interior.; Catalogue of an exhibition of The Ceramic Art of China organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society to commemorate the founding of the Society in 1921, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum from the 9th June to the 25th July 1971. Selection Committee for the Exhibition: Basil Gray, Esq., C.B., C.B.E. (chairman); John Ayers Esq.; Sir Harry Garner, K.B.E., C.B.; Miss Margaret Medley; Lt. Colonel W.B.R. Neave-Hill; Dr Hugh Shire; Professor William Watson.; Exhibition catalogue to celebrate the Jubilee Year of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London limited to Chinese Ceramics, covering the whole field from Neolithic times down to the Ch'ing dynasty. The Committee divided the area of its selection into four sections chronologically but, when appropriate, overlapping so as to follow through each major ware across the dynastic boundaries. The four sections demarcated cover the following periods: (a) from neolithic to the T'ang and Liao dynasties; (b) Sung and Yuan dynasties; (c) Yuan and Ming dynasties; and (d) Ch'ing dynasty. The overlapping is particularly noticeable in the two middle sections. In Section (b), the Yuan wares which follow the Sung tradition, such as the celadons, are included; while in Section (c) the Yuan wares included are the shu fu, blue and white and allied wares of Ching-tê Chên, which form the basis of most of the Ming porcelains.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Iris Colour Books Series. 13pp plus 12 colour plates. Some darkening to edges and card covers and former owner's name inside, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has slight wear to corners, otherwise very good. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Like New. 28 pp. A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, true collectible gem! A wonderful copy! An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear.

Relié. Condition: Trés Bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Très Bon État. Trés bon état. Book.

30 S. Text und 34 Farbtafeln. Französischsprachig - (sehr gutes Exemplar). Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3000 2°. Orig.-Halbleinen (Einband angestaubt).

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. 1 volume reliure cartonnée de l'éditeur, dos lisse titré en long, plats décorés d'un important encadrement doré, tête dorée, 25 pages, 2 feuillets non chiffrés de table des matières, et 34 planches hors-texte en couleurs de reproductions de miniatures persanes. Préface de Basil Gray. Edité par la New York Graphic Society en accord avec l'Unesco. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request ).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Folio. 25 pp. of text + 34 b/w and color plates. Text in French. Creme paper boards backed with grey cloth lettered in gilt at spine. Corners lightly bumped with small tears , light rubbing and wear to board edges. Very Good. In acetate wrapper.