Chinese Ceramics The Koger Collection
New York: Sotheby, 1985. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 180 pages. 28 x 21 cm. 154 plates in color, an exhibition first shown at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL. More
New York: Sotheby, 1985. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 180 pages. 28 x 21 cm. 154 plates in color, an exhibition first shown at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL. More
Peking: 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 149 pages. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Text mostly in Chinese with a Preface in English, and a biographical sketch in English by Liao Jingwen, entitled "Xu Beihong: His Life in Art." The remaining English text in rear, Biographical Notes on Xu Beihong who is probably..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 254 pages. With 228 illustrations, including 109 in color. Foreword by John M. Rosenfield. Chronology. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Offers a thorough study of the long and rich folk art tradition of the Chinese, presenting not only the evolution, materials, and techniques behind..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1974. First American edition. 317 pages. 33 x 28.5 cm. 111 tipped-in color plates, more than 350 black and white illustrations, plus drawings and maps. Printed in Switzerland. A definitive study of Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the 20th century. Catalogue, Appendices, Bibliography..... More
Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1957. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 174 pages. Voluminously illustrated, mostly in black and white with five full-page color, and two-tonedplates. Original German version printed by Urs-Graf Verlag; Bern, Switzerland. A survey and history of the Japanese color woodcut by a prominent, if now infamous..... More
London: Thames & Hudson, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 209 pages. 154 illustrations,fourteen in color. Bibliography. Index. The author examines buildings and gardens still extant as well as those now gone or which never existed, but more importantly, Conner discusses Western fascination with Oriental architectural ideas. More
New York: Random House, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 399, 369. 281 pages. 38 x 39 cm. 850 examples: 550 paintings and 325 calligraphies with 875 colored plates. Volume covers in tan, green and blue. Research and Translation by Keith Itoh & Lawrence Wu. Introduction Commentary by James C.Y. Watt. Selected..... More
NY: Thomas Yoseloff, 1962. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 296 pp. With 239 black and white illustrations and eight color plates. Notes on Dating. Bibliography. Index. This account, based on western and Japanese literature, summarizes the latest research on the entire field of Japanese decorative art. Translated by Katherine Watson. More
Np: Five Thousand Years of Chinese Art, Nd. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 30.5 x 21.5 cm. Profusion of full page color plates in Vol. I and similarly in Vol. II with full page black and white plates. Text in Chinese. Approximately 60 pages in each volume. More
Rome: Canesi, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 151,149, 189 pages. 34 x 25 cm. Total of 174 color plates, and a plethora of black and white illustrations: photographs and drawings. A comprehensive worldwide review of domesticity and interior design from the earliest times through the 20th century. First volume covers prehistory..... More
New York: Japan Society, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. 52 pages. 32 x 26 cm, twenty-four plates, all but two are in full-color -- latter are lithographs on mounted vellum stock. An early appreciation and retrospective of the master artists of the Ukiyoe school --Harunobu, Kiyomitsu, Toyonobu, Masanobu, et al .Gookin..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio, 40 x 26 cm. Limited edition, one of 400 printed at the Grabhorn Press. 28 plates, one double-paged. with descriptive text for each plate representing seventeen master artists of this genre. Very clean, bright copy. 2nd copy without..... More
Tokyo: Yoshizawa & Co., 1919. First edition. Hardcover. 4 pages of leaves (List of Plates) & 13 pages of Biographical Notes. Folio, 39 x 27 cm. Text and images french-leaved, 425 prints, five are full page color wood block prints. An early effort to present Japanese color prints to the..... More
London: Hamlyn, 1977. Boards. 95 pages. 32 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated, mostly with color plates. More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing, 1936. Hardcover. 192 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. Full page plates in color and halftone. Owner inscription front paste down. Table of Art Periods. Essays by experts, including Oswald Siren, Jiro Harada, George F. Kunz to name a few. More
Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 34 x 26 cm. Seventy five plates, most are full page and in color with extensive descriptions for each. Selected Bibliography and Index of Chinese names and terms. More
Paris: Charles Massin, 1956. New edition. Hardcover. 4to, 18 pages in text and 100 colorplates with descriptive text. Note by Yvonne Brunhammer. Originally published, 1928, this new edition updates and corrects the earlier one. Text in French. More
New York: Praeger, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 180 pages. Voluminously illustrated with photographs. Biographicaldata on leading Japanese architects. A comprehensive review of Japanese architecture since 1945. More
Sigapore: Sun Tree Publishing Co., 1998. Hardcover. 190 pages. 31 x 23.5 cm. 211 illustrations in color and black and white printed on glossy stock. Ceramics for the After-LIfe. Catalogue. List of Lenders. Glossary. More
New York: E. Weyhe, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio, 36 x 26 cm. Eight plates in full color and forty-four in half tone, each with descriptive text. Limited edition, one of 400 copies. Harunobu flowered late in life, during the last six years he produced his most beautiful designs..... More
Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Art, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 119 pages. 29 x 22 cm. 119 illustrations, five in color; plus ten text figures. Foreword by Shozo Hiraki. Bibliography. Describes and reproduces a selection of single-sheet Japanese woodblock prints and a few leaves of illustrated books. More
London: British Museum, 1963. First edition. Paperback. 32 pages in text. 21 1/2 x 14 cm. Twenty-five plates in color and black and white. More
Tokyo: Charles E.Tuttle, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 201 pages. Eleven color and 109 black and white plates. With a List of Plates, Bibliography and Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER I557."An introduction to the major arts and the most highly developed crafts in Japan. Well-chosen illustrations." More
NY: Gallery Books, 1979. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 390 pages. 377 color plates. Glossary. Index of Names and Works. Bibliography. More
New York: The Chinese Porcelain Company, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 257 pages. 32 x 23.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with color plates printed on high gloss stock. Bibliography. More