Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan, October 20, 2006 - February 4, 2007 by Keyes, Roger S - 2006

University of Washington Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. First edition. The dust jacket is housed in protective mylar for preservation. The text block includes extensive photographs to supplement the text. The binding suffers minor loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Washington Press, 2006-09-14. hardcover. Like New. 9x0x12. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Edge bumped. Clean, unmarked pages. 320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

The New York Library. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. Original silver-titled cloth. Slight bumping to spine ends else tight and square. The DJ in mylar is gently softened to spine ends. ; quarto .

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006, 2006. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x1x12. 4to. 320 pp. Red cloth. Light wear to spine ends. Minor edge-wear to jacket. Near fine in near fine jacket.

New York/Seattle: New York Public Library/University of Washington Press, 2006. Hardcover. VG (Boards are lightly edgeworn; interior is clean; binding is solid.)/VG (DJ is edgeworn/scuffed/smudged.). Red boards with silver lettering; red and cream-colored DJ with colorful illustration and black, red and white lettering; interior is clean; binding is solid. "Ehon - or "picture books," in Japanese - are part of an incomparable 1,230-year-old Japanese tradition. Created by artists and craftsmen, most ehon also feature essays, poems, or other texts written in beautiful, distinctive calligraphy. They are by nature collaborations: visual artists, calligraphers, writers, and designers join forces with papermakers, binders, block cutters, and printers. The books they create are strikingly beautiful, highly charged microcosms of deep feeling, sharp intensity, and extraordinary intelligence. In the elegant, richly illustrated Ehon: the artist and the book in Japan, renowned scholar Roger S. Keyes traces the… Read More