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London 1924, Benn. Brown cloth, very good, 3 color, 179 collotype plates, 84p. text + 110p. plates, index, appendix, bibliography, small folio, clean solid copy. FIRST EDITION [LIMITED EDITION CA 2000 COPIES] A grand classic study, covering the use of bronze in China from ancient tims. Compositon and patination of early bronze and the detection of forgeries. Methods of casting. Ornamen- tal styles of succeeding periods. Foreign influences. Types and uses of early ritual vessels & other implements. Criti- cal descriptions of the illustrations. Appendices cover a list of Chinese characters for names & words quoted in the text. A superb effort, and valuable pioneering study. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First American edition, folio, pp. viii, 84, [4]; 110 collotype plates; binding slightly skewed, a few spots on the covers, else very good and sound in original gray cloth, gilt-lettered spine.

New York: Scribner, 1924. hardcover. very good. 85 pages of text and 110 full page plates, many in color. Small thick folio, gray cloth; rubbed and spotty, but the interior is fine. New York: Scribner's 1924. A very good copy.<br/><br/>

Benn, London, 1924. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Large, very heavy 4to in grey cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to spine viii + 84pp text, with index, plus 110 single sided plates on thin card and tissue guarded colour plates on glossy art paper (collated complete) __CONDITION : VERY GOOD, a well preserved clean and tight copy (spine edges and bottom cover corner tips a little nicked and rubbed, very small creases to top cover corner tips from bumping, end leaves and page-block edges tanned, front inner hinge repaired or strengthened with closely matching paper). __NOTE Due to size and/or weight, shipping will cost more than price shown above. Orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1924. 4to. (13 x 9 1/4 inches). viii, 84pp. 110 full-page black and white plates. Signed by the author. Full original brown leather, spine in six compartments with raised bands, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Deluxe first edition of this scarce reference book on Chinese bronze objects: numbered 31 out of 40 copies of which only 35 were offered for sale. An important work in the fields of both art and archaeology, the author attempts to display the range of bronze objects produced in China from the Hsia dynasty (2205 BC) to the Sung dynasty (1279 AD). It includes an excellent bibliography, is well indexed, and provides information on detecting forgeries. Koop wrote the work while he was on the staff of the Victoria and Albert Museum.