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[CHINESE ART] HOBSON, R.L.; HETHERINGTON, A.L. The Art of the Chinese Potter from the Han Dynasty to the End of the Ming… New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. 4to. FIRST EDITION. Limited to 1,500 copies with only 500 being reserved for the U.S.; this being No. 877. Colored frontispiece, 152 plates, some in color, interleaved with descriptive letterpress on tissue guard. Original half red levant over pastepaper boards, spine titled (gilt completely rubbed), top edge gilt (edges of boards lightly rubbed, occasional pale toning to margins, previous ownership signature to front flyleaf).