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Festivals Of Japan Asahi Pentax Photography No.5
by Honda, Yasuji ; & Hashiro Suzuki
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Asahi Optical Co Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 4 p.l., 347 & [1] pages; Publisher's white buckram, spine and front cover boldly lettered in gilt (Japanese and English letters). Fine, in a dust jacket which shows only minor short closed tears at the spine ends and corners. A brilliantly printed photo book, with fine plates in b/w and color. Text entirely in Japanese, except for the half title leaf, (recto and verso) just before the title page, and the dust jacket. There are bold red "chop" stamped signatures of a former owner on the front blank, otherwise unmarked, clean and tight. .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39876
- Title
- Festivals Of Japan Asahi Pentax Photography No.5
- Author
- Honda, Yasuji ; & Hashiro Suzuki
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Asahi Optical Co Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 4to.
- Keywords
- Asahi Pentax, Photography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art and Art History; Photography;
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About the Seller
Antiquarian Book Shop
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Antiquarian Book Shop
At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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