Katachi: A Picture-Book of Traditional Japanese Workmanship.
by [IWAMIYA, Takeji]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Bisojutsu Shuppansha, 1962. First edition. Two folio volumes. 170, [16, text]; 181, trifold plate, [14, text] pp. The text sections are in Japanese. The work is almost entirely photographic illustrations of Japanese shapes [katachi]. Publisher's cream spines over black boards, gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jackets, original slipcases with laid-down cover labels. Bit of emulsion to top inch of dust jacket fron second volume flaked off but still an excellent copy, in dust jackets and slipcases, of this visual study of inanimate Japanese culture.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73411
- Title
- Katachi: A Picture-Book of Traditional Japanese Workmanship.
- Author
- [IWAMIYA, Takeji]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bisojutsu Shuppansha
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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