Kimono: a Pictorial Study of the Kimono
by Takasawa, Keiichi
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau. Near Fine. 1948. First Edition. Paperback. Softcover in original wraps with string binding and original parchment dust jacket. First printing of first edition, from 1948. Book is clean and crisp, printed on rice paper. Parchment wrapper is lightly tanned. Some illustrations in color, most in black and white, all are elegant. Two pages of photos at end. 8vo. 40 pp. .
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- Bookseller
- KULTURAs books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81450
- Title
- Kimono: a Pictorial Study of the Kimono
- Author
- Takasawa, Keiichi
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Japan Travel Bureau
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Fashion
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...