Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 11

China from the West by David Howard, Vol I and Vol II, Signed 1st Ed

About the Item

China from the West by David Howard and John Ayers. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications. First edition hard cover in two volumes with slip case, 1978. 1048 pp. A retrospective of Chinese export porcelain and other decorative arts from the Mottahedeh Collection. Detailed analysis of porcelains produced for Western markets with over seven hundred illustrations showing the unusual forms, their decorative style and traditions and their relationships with distant clients in the West. It also covers other export goods; painted enamels, carvings in ivory or soapstone and reverse paintings on glass. The Mottahedeh collection has a clear-sighted purpose providing an ideal foundation for such a study. Signed twice by David Howard and inscribed by both authors. The book is accompanied by a letter from his wife, Angela, telling friends of the death of her husband David, the author, in 2005. NPT Books, a division of N.P. Trent Antiques, has a large collection of used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
  • Creator:
    David Howard (Author),John Ayers (Author)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1978
  • Condition:
    Signed and inscribed by the author's. Books appear to be unread.
  • Seller Location:
    valatie, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: GS-3731stDibs: LU84635626383

More From This Seller

View All
American Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Vols. I & II, Signed 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston by Kathryn C. Buhler, Volumes I & II. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1972....
Category

20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Northwest Passage 1st Limited 2 Vol Ed by Kenneth Roberts, Signed & Numbered
Located in valatie, NY
Northwest Passage, Limited 2 Volume Edition By Kenneth Roberts. Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., Garden City, N.Y., 1937. 1st Ed hardcov...
Category

Vintage 1930s American Books

Materials

Paper

The Babyons: The Chronicle of a Family, 4 Vol Set, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Chronicle of a Family, by Clemence Dane. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928. 1st Ed hardcover of four novelettes, two of...
Category

Vintage 1920s Books

Materials

Paper

Pair of 1st Ed Books, "Evolution of the Pedal Car, " Vols. I & II, by Neil Wood
Located in valatie, NY
Pair of First Edition Books, "Evolution of the Pedal Car," Volumes I & II, by Neil Wood. L W Publishing & Book Sales, 1992. First Edition softcovers. Filled with images and photos, descriptions, dimensions, and original values of child-size toy vehicles...
Category

Late 20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Catalogue of English Furniture and Woodwork, Vol. III & Vol IV, 1st Ed
By Victoria and Albert Museum
Located in valatie, NY
Catalogue of English Furniture and Woodwork, Vol. III and IV. Vol III, Late Stuart to Queen Anne by Oliver Brackett. Pair of 1st Ed hardcovers. Published by Victoria and Albert Museu...
Category

Early 20th Century English Books

Materials

Paper

Paintings of the High Renaissance in Rome and Florence 2 Vol. Set, 1st Ed
By Sydney Freedberg
Located in valatie, NY
Paintings of the high Renaissance in Rome and Florence by Sydney Freedberg. Harvard University Press, 1961. two volume set 1st Ed hardcovers with dust jackets. Volume 1 is 644 pp. of text, all the 700 b/w illustrations are contained in volume 2 which has 514 pp. "These two volumes constitute a study of virtually the whole extent of painting of the High Renaissance in Rome and Florence the richest concentration in time and place of master accomplishments of Italian art. The author deals at length with the major figures: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Bartolommeo...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Books

Materials

Paper

You May Also Like

[1st ed] Teenage Lust (Signed)
By Larry Clark
Located in New York, NY
First edition of Larry Clark’s iconic second book of photographs (following 1971’s Tulsa) documenting and immortalizing a debauched adolescent subculture. Self-published in 1983. Con...
Category

Vintage 1980s American Modern Books

Materials

Paper

[1st ed] Kids: A Film by Larry Clark (Signed)
By Larry Clark
Located in New York, NY
First edition of this cult classic, “the teenage movie that…America never made,” published by Grove Press in 1995 in conjunction with director and photographer Larry Clark’s first mo...
Category

1990s American Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Trollope, Home & Haunts of the Italian Poets, 2 Vols. 1st Ed 1881 Leather Bound!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TROLLOPE, Frances Eleanor & T. Adolphus. TITLE: The Home and Haunts of The Italian Poets. PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1881. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION....
Category

Antique 1880s British Books

Materials

Leather

Wrightsman Collection, 1st Ed. signed by Charles and Jane Wrightsman, 1966-1973
By F.J.B. Watson
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Wrightsman collection, Vols.I-V, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966-1973. First Edition, hardcovers with dust jackets. Inscribed by the Wrightsmans, incl. a Christ...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books

Materials

Paper

A Golfer's Life by Arnold Palmer and James Dodson, Signed by Palmer, 1st Ed.
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Palmer, Arnold, with James Dodson. A Golfer’s Life. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Arnold Palmer on the half title pager. In publisher's ori...
Category

1990s American Mid-Century Modern Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

Lucy & Stephen Hawking. George's Secret Key to the Universe, 1st Ed, Signed
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: HAWKING, Lucy & Stephen. Title: George's Secret Key To The Universe. Publisher: London: Doubleday, 2007. Description: first London edition...
Category

Early 2000s British Books

Materials

Fabric

Recently Viewed

View All