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New York: E.P. Dutton. pp.192 including index--Book Condition VG+ Clean, bown boards with gilt lettering on spine in excellent condition, pages and endpapers clean and unmarked--DJ is in G+ condition with shelf wear to edges, some scratches---Excellent resource with many photos . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1973.

London: Cardinal, 1973. First printing of this edition. Paperback. 1st printing of this trade paperback edition. Pp 192 with b&w halftones throughout + 24pp colour photographs. Very Good in printed wrappers.

192 pages with frontispiece, plans, drawings, illustrations, plates (some in color), bibliography and index. Quarto (10" x 7 1/2") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. First edition. On the 27th of June, 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, great excitement was created througho0ut China by the discovery of the Man Ch'eng tombs - an excavation that ranks high among the great archaeological finds of this century. In these huge tombs, carved out of living rock, were found the bodies of Liu Sheng, a prince of the Han Dynasty (205 BC - 220 AD), and his consort, Princes Tou Wan. The bodies had been covered from head to toe in suits of finely carved, interlocking jade pieces, held together by wires of gold and silver - figures of exquisite beauty and craftsmanship. Condition: Page ends soiled, light shelf wear. Jacket edge wear with some closed tears else a very good copy in a very good to fine jacket.

Fine. Book is in like new condition with minor wear. DJ has one tape repaired closed tear on upper edge of front, one small closed tear on back corner. Inside is clean with no markings or writing. Nice copy. Satisfaction guaranteed.

NY: E. P. Dutton, 1973. Hardcover. Very good clean & sound condition / chipped dust jacket. Size: 7.25"x10", 192pp., over 150 photoraphs, including 24 pages in colour.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1973. Cloth, 192 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket chipped at the crown, with a closed tear. CONTENTS: Prince of Han; China before the Han Dynasty; Mind over matter: from Confucius to Lao Tzu; The Han Dynasty; The court of the son of heaven; Everyday life in Han China; Han imperialism: China and the West; Art and Culture: the age of realism; The legacy of Han.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

London: Sphere Books Ltd., 1973. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy.. 192 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos, b/w drawings and maps. Sm. 4to. Derek Dooley, illus.

NY: Dutton, 1973. Book. Good. Hardcover. Tall 8 vo. 192 pp. Index, select biblio, b/w & color photos, paper-covered boards. Small tears paper bottom back spine & front fore edge, bottom front singed spot, name front end paper, good, contents near fine; no dust jacket..

London: Sphere Books, 1973. 192pp, lavishly illustrated with colour and b/w photos, chronological lists, bibliography, index. Prev owner's name by the upper edge of the half title page; ownership stamp with date on the inside rear cover. Paperback with smalls ticker taped to the spine by the spine foot. The book was published to commemorate the Exhibition of Chinese Antiquities at the Royal Academy. The excavation of the Man Ch'eng tombs in 1968 led to the discovery of the bodies of Lie Sheng, a prince of the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), and his consort, Princess Tou Wan. The lives of the Jade Princes is used as the focus for this account of China at the age of the first of the great ruling dynasties. . First Cardinal Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

New York: E. P. Dutton. Hardcover. 1973. 1st Edition. 8vo 192pp . Fine in Very Good DJ. Profusely Illus., B&w, Color Excavation of the Man Ch'eng tombs (Han Dynasty, 205 B. C. -220 A. D. ) in China in 1968 .

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. 1973. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour and b&w illus, pp 192. Previous owner's bookplate, very good condn in like d.j. Boards.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1973. 192p., colored and b/w illus., dj. A history of the Han Dynasty in China from 205 B.C. to 220 A.D.

London England: Cardinal, 1973. On the 27th June, 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, great excitement was caused throughout China by the excavation of the Man Ch'eng tombs - a discovery that ranks high among the great archaeological finds of this century. In these huge tombs, carved out of living rock, were found the bodies of Liu Sheng, a prince of the Han Dynasty (206BC - 220 AD), and his consort, Princess Tou Wan. The bodies had been covered from head to toe in suits of finely-carved interlocking jade pieces, held together by wires of gold and silver - figures of exquisite beauty and craftsmanship. The author has used the lives of the Jade Princes as the focus for this fascinating account of China in the age of the first of the great ruling dynasties. He examines the wars and politics that gave birth to the Han State, the triumph of Confucianism, the ritual magnificence of the Han Court, the rhythms of the countryside, the tramp of armies from the Great Wall in the north to the Gulf of… Leer más

Dutton, New York - first US edition 1973 Hardcover with dust jacket Extensive inscription on ffep. Price-clipped jacket. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD dust jacket Brown cloth-bound hardcover, 10" x 7", with gold type to spine, over 150 photographs including 24 in full colour, & jacket. A fascinating account of China in the age of the first of the great ruling dynasties- Han Dynasty, Confucianism, the Great Wall.

London: Cardinal, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. Using as his inspiration the excavation of the Man Ch'eng Tombs in 1968 the author details the lives of the princes, buried in jade casings, of the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD). Capon, an authority on early Chinese history, not only introduces us to the wars and intrigues but also to the cultural flowering of the time with photographs by Macquitty of the tomb finds and other remains of that era. 192 pages with extensive colour and black and white photographs. Chapters include 1 - Prince of Han, 2 - China before the Han Dynasty, 3 - Mind over Matter: From Confucius to Lao Tzu, 4 - The Han Dynasty, 5 - The Court of the Son of Heaven, 6 - Everyday Life in Han China, 7 - Han Imperialism: China and the West, 8 - Art and Cuture: The Age of Realism, 9 - The Legacy of Han. There are also chronological lists, a select bibliography and an index. Weight: 0.8kg. Post free within Malaysia The book does not appear to have been read and has minor shelf wear. The pages… Leer más

Cardinal, 1973. Paperback. good/No Dust Jacket. seems unread/tight but some signs of age and shop stoareg i.. Foxing an a crease on the back corner, corner very slughtly curled