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Ball, Katherine M.. Decorative Motives of Oriental Art. John Lane, Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1927.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: 286 pp. + ads. With 673 illustrations. Contents clean & tight (front hinge starting but secure) Bookplate on ffep. Cloth is clean with bright gold lettering. Some shelf wear to bottom edge & corners. There is a 2" piece of cloth off the middle of spine , not affecting the letters. The front & rear gutters along the spinbe show wear. Protected in acetate wrapper. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN INK & dated by her "San Francisco, May 29, 1939.' on the title page. A scarce, magnificent reference work on Asian motives & symbols in art history.
Seller: Black Swan Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio (13" x 10"). xxvi,(2),286pp. Double column text. Index. Plus (2)pp. publisher's ads. Original black cloth, gilt (some minor stains and corners slightly worn).T.e.g. Illustrated throughout with nearly 700 black & white examples. Signed by Katherine M. Ball on the title page, dated May 24, 1944. The meanings of the patterns that decorate Chinese and Japanese art. This work originally appeared as a series of articles in Japan.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.