The Wares of the Ming Dynasty
first edition Hardcover
1923 · London
by Hobson, R. L.
London: Benn Brothers, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Dark grey cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine, gilt-stamped ornament on front board; publisher's printed dust jacket; 4to; pp. xvi, 240, plus 59 plates. Number 70 from a limited edition of 1500 copies, first numbered impression. Spine tips and corners lightly rubbed; hinges cracked, and binding somewhat rolled and shaken. Faint stain on front paste-down, where it appears a bookplate was removed, otherwise internally nice and clean. An excellent working copy, with index and bibliography. Scarce dust jacket heavily chipped and spine lacking, tho text (including ads on rear panel) is unscathed; held together in mylar. (Inventory #: D14113)