Isbn: 9780804834872 - Yin Yu Tang: a Traditional Chinese House (29 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

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Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st US. 4to. 178pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Binding firm, interior clean and unmarked. Previous owner's name on paste down. DJ has moderate shelf/edge wear. Oversize/overweight, no expedited nor international shipping.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Boston, MA: Tuttle Publishing. Very Good/Very Good. (2003). First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 178 pp. . Black & White/Color Illus. & Photos (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 178 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Three scratches to fore-edge. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Previous owner's stamp on front end paper. Clean, tight copy. Record # 464533.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. In the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) a Chinese merchant named Huang built a house for his family in a small, remote village in the southeastern region of Huizhou in China's Anhui Province. He named the house Yin Yu Tang. For seven generations, members of the Huang family ate, slept, laughed, cried, married, and gave birth in the house. By the mid-1990s, the surviving Huang family members moved away leaving the house empty and abandoned. In 1997 the house was moved to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and opened as a permanent exhibit.'Yin Yu Tang 'provides a fascinating, in-depth look at Chinese domestic culture, architecture, craftsmanship, history, and the impact of these influences on individual lives. Nancy Berliner, one of the country's foremost experts on Chinese furniture and arts, takes the reader on a tour of this unique homestead providing detail on Yin Yu Tang's architecture, construction methods, decoration, furniture, and family heirlooms. She weaves a story of Chinese domestic life, culture, and the remarkable restoration and reconstruction at the Peabody Essex Museum in America. Published in conjunction with the opening of an exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, this volume explores Chinese culture through a tour of an 18th-century Chinese home and the seven generations who lived there. Full color. Maps. Charts. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; otherwise, very nice, clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2003 used hardcover copy with some wear to dust jacket/minor use tears on the edges.

Condition: Used: Like New. Fine book/near fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Tuttle hardcover in dust jacket, 2003- first edition/1st printing; jacket price $34.95; clean/tight, No marks/tears/creases or signs of use; (Fine/Fine). We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble wrap the book and ship it in a New BOX- Not a plastic bag like the zombie sellers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Color photographs throughout. First edition. Fine in a near fine (small chip on rear panel) dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No markings.

Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition. 178 pages 210 illustrations 150 in color. Foreword by Dan L. Monroe, Executive Director. Chronology. Notes and Index.

Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Ssuare format 4to in fine condition, in a near fine dust jacket with slight edgewear and creasing along bottom of front panel. Book printed to accompany an exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Ma. Around the year 1800, the house, Yin Lu Tang, was built by a Chinese merchant in a remote village in Anhui province in China. This home sheltered eight generations of his family. Eventually they all moved away, and the house was moved to the Peabody Museum, wher it is now a permanent exhibit. Life in China through the generations is documented in the house room by room with many photographs of daily life, family members, artifacts and construction diagrams. Includes a DVD with three short films, including "Yin Lu Tang; A Chinese House". xii, 178 pp. Anthropology, History, China, Architecture, Daily Life, Museum Exhibits, Films.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. SIGNED by the artist Yin Yu Tang in ink on title page. Label affixed to jacket (easily removable) noting this Autographed Copy sold thru the Peabody Essex Museum. Fine in a fine dust wrapper. Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xiii, 178 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm. Contents: Part 1: Huizhou: Mountains and merchants Part 2: Jia: Hometown and family Part 3: The architecture of Yin Yu Tang Summary:In the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) a Chinese merchant named Huang built a house for his family in a small, remote village in the southeastern region of Huizhou in China's Anhui Province. He named the house Yin Yu Tang. For seven generations, members of the Huang family ate, slept, laughed, cried, married, and gave birth in the house. By the mid-1990s, the surviving Huang family members moved away leaving the house empty and abandoned. In 1997 the house was moved to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and opened as a permanent exhibit. Yin Yu Tang provides a fascinating, in-depth look at Chinese domestic culture, architecture, craftsmanship, history, and the impact of these influences on individual lives. Nancy Berliner, one of the country's foremost experts on Chinese furniture and arts, takes the reader on a tour of this unique homestead providing detail on Yin Yu Tang's architecture, construction methods, decoration, furniture, and family heirlooms. She weaves a story of Chinese domestic life, culture, and the remarkable restoration and reconstruction at the Peabody Essex Museum in America.…

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 192 pages. 10.50x9.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. « n the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) a Chinese merchant named Huang built a house for his family in a small, remote village in the southeastern region of Huizhou in China's Anhui Province. He named the house Yin Yu Tang. For seven generations, members of the Huang family ate, slept, laughed, cried, married, and gave birth in the house. By the mid-1990s, the surviving Huang family members moved away leaving the house empty and abandoned. In 1997 the house was moved to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and opened as a permanent exhibit.Yin Yu Tang provides a fascinating, in-depth look at Chinese domestic culture, architecture, craftsmanship, history, and the impact of these influences on individual lives. Nancy Berliner, one of the country's foremost experts on Chinese furniture and arts, takes the reader on a tour of this unique homestead providing detail on Yin Yu Tang's architecture, construction methods, decoration, furniture, and family heirlooms. She weaves a story of Chinese domestic life, culture, and the remarkable restoration and reconstruction at the Peabody Essex Museum in America.». …