Cheng, Te-K’un. Archaeology in China. Volume 1: Prehistoric China; Volume 2: Shang China; Volume 3: Chou China. Cambridge. W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., University of Toroto Press. Vol 1: 1966; Vol 2: 1960; Vol 3: 1963. Vol 1: 250 pages; Vol 2:368 pages; Vol 3 430 pages. 3 volumes. Vol 1: 3 maps, 5 tables, 30 figures, 44 b/w plates, bibliography and index; Vol 2: 4 maps, 7 tables, 53 figures, 56 b/w plates, bibliography, appendices and index; Vol 3: 4 maps, 43 figures, 44 b/w plates, bibliography, appendices and index. 7.5” x 10”
$395.00
Vol 1: Second Edition; Vol 2-3: First Edition. Cloth binding. Very good, w/d.j. Item #10599
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Hung, Wu, ed. Between Han and Tang: Visual and Material Culture in a Transformative Period. Beijing. Cultural Relics Publishing House. 2003. 635 pages. B/w illustrations. 7.5” x 10.5”
$250.00
Cloth binding. Series of essays edited by Dr. Wu Hung. Some in English, some in Chinese. Significant socio-historical value for reference to the third to seventh centuries A.D. Item #11831
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White, William C. Tombs of Old Lo-Yang: A Record of the Construction and Contents of a Group of Royal Tombs at Chin-Tsu'un, Honan, Probably Dating 550 B.C. Shanghai 1934 177 pages. 2 color and 187 b/w plates, 18 b/w photos.
$3000.00
Cloth binding. First and only edition of 500 numbered copies. Bishop White's monograph is a very scholarly and reliable study. He was the main benefactor of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. This is his rarest book. Significant in its contribution to the study of early tomb archaeology and art. Comparisons are made with finds at Hsin-cheng, Lo-lang and Han tombs. Covering such artifacts as tiger, leopard, beads, glass objects, lacquer inlays, horsepits, bronze bells, outlines of horse and chariot trappings, weapons, tomb furniture, important jades and a variety of bronzes. Item #11868
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