Antique Jade

158pp, colour illustrations throughout. In light grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine (boards are strong, square and clean, very slightly rounded on lower corners and base of spine). Internally neat, clean and bright. Firmly bound. In its original, illustrated, dust jacket (very slightly bumped on extreme edges, minor shelf wear). An account of the history and development of jade carving, the nature of jade and its iconic value in the cultures of China, Pre-Columbian America and New Zealand.