Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, Date: 1981. 1st Edition . Leatherette. Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. In English. First printing of the first edition. This is copy no. 102 of 500 copies of the first edition. Printed in Hong Kong by South China Printing Co. 13.75 x 9.5 inches. Bound in deep red leatherette, with crisp gilt-stamped lettering and images to the front board and the spine. Unbumped spine head and tail, and with sharp corners. Exceptionally clean binding. Text block firmly bound in. Handsome map pastedowns/FEPs. With 576 numbered pages. Text includes glossary, bibliography and index as well as a list of present locations of the illustrated bronzes. With XVIII full-page, full-color, tipped-in plates. Plates V & XVI were originally printed in negative reverse, a printer's error. This error was corrected by enclosing with each copy so affected the properly printed color plates. In fact this copy of the book has two of each of the corrected prints, slipped in and in fine condition. The book is also illustrated with hundreds of B&W photographs and drawings plus 5 maps. An immensely clean interior. Almost certainly unread. With the heavy-duty publisher's slipcase, semi-glossy blue paper over cardboard. Repairs to the slipcase at top and bottom strips where the blue paper had pulled away. A 4" hairline crack along a bottom edge, holding but uncertain. A Fine copy in a Good slipcase. 9 lb. 12 oz. From the introduction: "T ...