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Paperback. Condizione: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth); 21.4 x 28.3 cm; 0.889 Kg; 11 pages (Members of the Council, Transactions and Obituaries) plus 152 pages with various colour and black-and-white illustrations; Used book with almost no signs of shelf wear as the book is protected with a trimsleeve Dustwrapper. The interior is in very good condition.; Includes the following articles: Yaozhou wares: The eighth Hills Gold Medal Lecture by Zhuo Zhenxi; Changsha to Jingdezhen: In-glaze decoration in Chinese Ceramics from the 8th century to the 16th century by Stancey Pierson; Thinking with Pictures: Tomb Figures in the Chinese View of the Afterlife by Jessica Rawson; A Reassessment of Khmer Ceramics and Their Origins by John Guy; Kangxi (1662-1722) Wares by Lu Minghua; China and Russian chinoiserie in the 18th century by Tatiana Arapova; Qing dynasty Sepia and Rich Black Overlaze Enamel Decorated Porcelains Kangxi (1662-1722) Yongzheng (1723-1735) Qianlong (1736-1795) by Richard Littleton; If Pots Could Speak: the Old Art History and the New by Julia B. Curtis; From Ship's Captains to the Bloomsbury Group: the Late Arrival of Chinese Painting in Britain by Frances Wood; The Oriental Ceramic Society in Istanbul and Iran by Phillip N. Allen; and Summaries of Lectures by Oliver Watson and John Eskenzi.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. de Walton, John; Hiley, F.E.; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Cameron, John; Wood, Stanley L.; Brightwell, L.R.; Soper, G.; Whitaker, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton (illustratore). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chair" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy.