殷墟 / Inkyo / Yin Hsu, ancient capital of the Shang dynasty at An-Yang

by Sueji Umehara

$375 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Tokyo: Shinbunsha, 1964. 4to, pp. 4 , 21, 1 , 114, 2 , 16, 4 ; text in Japanese with 16-page English summary; 2 frontispieces and 158 plates, 56 text illustrations; original full red cloth, gilt title on spine; text clean and bright, touch of soiling to boards, very good. Yin Hsu was the source of discovery of the Oracle Bone script. This book is an account of the excavation efforts and a description of the discoveries therein. Item #63672

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