Dogs of China and Japan in Nature and Art

Collier, V. W. F.

Verlag: William Heinemann, London, 1921

Beschreibung

London: William Heinemann, 1921 xix, 207 pp with color and B&W plates throughout. the eight color plates have intact glassine tissue guards. An early history of dog breeds and breeding in China and Japan, the religious and cultural symbolism of dogs, with empathsis on the hunting and guard dog breeds, Tibetan spanial and lhasa Apso "lion dogs" and the court Pekinese and pug breeds. Text is, tight, unmarked, foxed. Previous owner's bookplate on the front endpapers and a bookseller's stamp from Beijing on rear endpapers. Green cloth boards with gold-stamped titles and a line drawing of a pekinese are VG, with some bumping to corners and spine ends and the beginnings of a split at the tail of the spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 200483

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Dogs of China and Japan in Nature and Art

Verlag: William Heinemann, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1921

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.