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Quinn's & Waverly Maps & Fine Books
3:30 PM PT - Nov 13th, 2008

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Quinn's & Waverly Auction Galleries

431 North Maple Avenue
Falls Church, VA 22046
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Saturday, November 8, 2008, 10 A.M. - 2 P.M.; Sunday, November 9, 2008, 12 Noon - 4 P.M.; Monday, November 10, 2008, 10 A.M. - 5 P.M.; Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 10 A.M. - 7 P.M.; Wednedsy, November 12, 2008, 10 A.M. - 6:30 P.M.; Thursday, November 13, 2008, 10 A.M. - 7 P.M.;

545 Items

Lot Description Estimates
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1001 Lot 1001

Helen White, SNUFF BOTTLES FROM CHINA, (1978).
[Snuff Bottles]. Helen White. Snuff Bottles From Chin...

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240
1 Bid
1002 Lot 1002

Guide du Collectioneur de Tabatatieres Chinoises.
[Snuff Bottles]. Vivane Jutheau. Guide Du Collectione...

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120
6 Bids
1003 Lot 1003

4 books on Chinese snuff bottles (1 signed).
[Snuff Bottles]. 4 Titles. 4to/Folio. Hardcover (3 in...

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180
9 Bids
1004 Lot 1004

CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES... 1994, NF in NF dustjacke
[Snuff Bottles]. Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature A...

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1 Bid
1005 Lot 1005

Robert Hall, CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES... 8 annual ed
[Snuff Bottles]. Robert Hall. 8 Catalogs, published L...

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120
13 Bids
1006 Lot 1006

5 books on Chinese snuff bottles, 1 signed & insc
[Snuff Bottles]. 5 Titles (1 signed). Vp:vp. 4to. Har...

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120
13 Bids
1007 Lot 1007

6 books on Chinese snuff bottles (1935-1980).
[Snuff Bottles]. 6 Titles. Vp:vp. 8vo - Folio. Hardco...

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120
15 Bids
1008 Lot 1008

Journal... Snuff Bottle Society. 99 iss. 1974-200
[Snuff Bottles]. Journal Of The International Chinese...

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21 Bids
1009 Lot 1009

49 auction catalogs, 1984-2005.
[Snuff Bottles/Ceramics]. 49 auction catalogs, 15 Chr...

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18 Bids
1010 Lot 1010

60 mostly Sotheby auction catalogs in wraps, 1960
[Snuff Bottles]. About 60 mostly Sotheby auction cata...

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90
15 Bids
1011 Lot 1011

~56 catalogs-- Chinese snuff bottles.
[Snuff Bottles]. About 56 volumes in wraps, mostly ex...

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18 Bids
1012 Lot 1012

Hugh Moss, BY IMPERIAL COMMAND..., 2 vols, (1976)
[Ceramics]. Hugh Moss. By Imperial Command: An Introd...

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17 Bids
1013 Lot 1013

Howard and Ayers, CHINA FOR THE WEST, 2 vols, 197
[Chinese Export]. David Howard and John Ayers. China ...

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20 Bids
1014 Lot 1014

A Connoisseur's Guide to Chinese Ceramics, (1974)
[Ceramics]. Cecile and Michel Buerdeley. A Connoisseu...

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12 Bids
1015 Lot 1015

Arts from the Scholar's Studio, (1986).
[Asian Art]. Arts From The Scholar's Studio. (Hong Ko...

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30 Bids
1016 Lot 1016

Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, MING PORCELAIN, (1978).
[Ceramics]. Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt. Ming Porcelain. T...

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120
20 Bids
1017

6 books (1950-99)-- Chinese porcelain & art.
[Chinese Export Trade]. 6 Titles (1 signed). Vp:vp. 8...

120
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180
6 Bids
1018 Lot 1018

3 books on ceramics. Williamson, Bushell, Medley.
[Asian Ceramics]. 3 Titles. Cloth in dj. 4to/Folio. N...

120
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180
25 Bids
1019

7 books on Japanese & Chinese woodblocks.
[Japanese & Chinese Graphics]. 7 Titles. Vp:vp. 8vo -...

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3 Bids
1020 Lot 1020

Osvald Siren, CHINESE PAINTING, 7 vols, 1973.
[Chinese Art]. Osvald Siren. Chinese Painting: Leadin...

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240
20 Bids
1021

Louis Crane, CHINA IN SIGN AND SYMBOL. Kelly, 192
[Chinese Art & Culture]. Louis Crane. China In Sign A...

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17 Bids
1022 Lot 1022

CHINA, IN A SERIES OF VIEWS... vols I-II [ca 1843
[Views Of China]. China, In A Series Of Views, Displa...

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14 Bids
1023 Lot 1023

6 books on Asian textile traditions.
[Textiles]. 6 Titles. Vp:vp. 4to/Folio. Hardcover in ...

120
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15 Bids
1024

3 books: Early mapping of east Asia.
[Map Reference]. 3 Titles. ++ Japan: A Cartographic V...

120
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180
1 Bid
1025 Lot 1025

CHINESE CONNOISSEURSHIP, ed/trans Percival David.
[Chinese Art & Culture]. 4 Titles. 4to/Folio. Hardcov...

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12 Bids
1026 Lot 1026

3 books (1966-1986)- Chinese calligraphy traditio
[Chinese Calligraphy & Art]. 3 Titles. 4to. Hardcover...

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16 Bids
1027 Lot 1027

7 books-- Chinese jade.
[Jade]. 7 Titles. Vp:vp. 8vo/4to. Hardcover (5 in dj,...

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23 Bids
1028 Lot 1028

6 books (1962-2001)- Chinese art, material cultur
[Chinese Art]. 6 Titles. Vp:vp. 4to. Hardcover in dj....

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180
3 Bids
1029

4 books on Chinese arts (1965-2005).
[Chinese Art & Culture]. 4 Titles. 4to/Folio. Hardcov...

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4 Bids
1030

5 books on Chinese decorative arts.
[Chinese Art & Culture]. 5 Titles. Vp:vp. 4to/Folio. ...

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10 Bids
1031 Lot 1031

6 books on Chinese art (1956-1984).
[Chinese Art & Culture]. 6 Titles (11 Vols). Vp:vp. 4...

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12 Bids
1032 Lot 1032

5 books on Japanese art: Sculpture, bookbinding..
[Japanese Art & Culture]. 5 Titles. Vp:vp. 8vo - Foli...

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12 Bids
1033 Lot 1033

26 volumes in Chinese bound in wraps,
[Chinese Art & Culture]. 26 volumes in Chinese bound in wrap...

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5 Bids
1034 Lot 1034

40 items, books and booklets, hard and soft cover
[Asian Art & Culture]. About 40 items, books and booklets, h...

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19 Bids
1035 Lot 1035

[Asia Art & Culture]. 23 books mostly hardcover, .

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34 Bids
1036 Lot 1036

[Chinese Art & Culture]. 22 books mostly hardcover, .

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24 Bids
1037 Lot 1037

[Chinese Art & Culture]. About 28 items, mostly books, .

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11 Bids
1038 Lot 1038

[Chinese Art]. 26 dealer and exhibition catalogs in wraps, .

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120
6 Bids
1039 Lot 1039

[Asian Art & Culture]. Over 80 magazines, offprints, etc., plus large group of 35mm slides. .

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7 Bids
1040 Lot 1040

[China]. About 30 books, mostly hardcover, .

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21 Bids
1041 Lot 1041

[China]. About 35 books mostly hardcover, .

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22 Bids
1042 Lot 1042

[China]. About 38 books mostly hardcover, .

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10 Bids
1043 Lot 1043

[China]. 21 books mostly hardcover, .

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16 Bids
1044 Lot 1044

[China]. 27 books mostly hardcover, .

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14 Bids
1045 Lot 1045

[Chinese Children's Books]. 11 books in English, mostly written and illustrated by Demi.

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8 Bids
1046 Lot 1046

[Asia Art & Culture]. Over 50 items, mostly paperbacks, .

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1 Bid
1047 Lot 1047

The Pageant Of America, 15vols 1925-29 Memorial E
[American History]. The Pageant Of America. 15 Vols. ...

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1 Bid
1048 Lot 1048

3 books (1 signed). Dobie, Lincoln, Henry Adams.
[Americana]. 3 Titles (1 signed). Full leather gilt. ...

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2 Bids
1049 Lot 1049

ARABIAN NIGHTS, 3 vols, Lane transl., 1849-1851.
[Arabian Nights]. Edward William Lane, trans. The Tho...

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8 Bids
1050 Lot 1050

THE HOLY BIBLE, George V. Jones, (1881), illus.
[Bible]. The Holy Bible...A Complete Concordance... B...

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7 Bids
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