chiu arthur (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good Jacket. First Edition. ~714pp. Boards have large, varying degrees of discoloration. Rear board has a small warp. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Top edge of text block has light dust staining. Boards have a slight bend. Edges of text block have small light smudges. Edges of dust jacket have creases. Top edge of jacket has small tears. Lower edge of front panel has a small tear. Front flap fold is rubbed. Spine panel is sunned. Rear panel of jacket has small stains. Jacket has scuffs and scratches. Text is unmarked. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good Jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated with B&W photographs, color charts Ilustrador. 2nd Edition. Improved second edition with "more illustrations and a chart of silver dollars," the author acknowledging that "In the first (1936) edition the weakest point was the section on silver coins." Further, "Some dollar-like medallions have been included in the list and shown in illustrations. Some may care to collect these and some may not." The photos are indeed useful, as are the many translations offered of Chinese inscriptions. We find no warning here about counterfeits, although fakes (including those struck in base metals) now abound -- apparently this was not yet a major concern for collectors in the early stages of the hobby in the 1930s. The final 63 pages comprise a color-coded list or chart of the dynasties of China, with marginal comments placing these reigns in the context of events occurring simultaneously in the Western world. Reduced from $380.