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Little Pictures of Japan
by Miller, Olive Beaupre (Editor)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Bookhouse For Children. Near Fine. 1952. Twenty-Ninth Printing. Hardcover. This book is literally filled with color illustrations by Katharine Sturges (1890-1979), all of which accompany short, poetic verses about aspects of Japanese life and the landscape. Katherine Sturges' husband Clayton Knight was an author and illustrator as was her son, Hillary Knight, the creator of the original Eloise image in 1955, which he said was based on one of his mother's paintings. The covers are the publisher's original blue cloth covers with gilt spine and cover lettering and a beautiful circular color past-down on the front cover. With the exception of a trivial bit of wear to the top and bottom of the spine, there is virtually no wear to the covers or the paste-down. The lovely end papers are red with a colorful illustrations of cranes. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no owner names, and no bookplates. This is a very nice copy. ; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 191 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20150
- Title
- Little Pictures of Japan
- Author
- Miller, Olive Beaupre (Editor)
- Illustrator
- Katharine Sturges
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Twenty-Ninth Printing
- Publisher
- The Bookhouse For Children
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books, Japan, Children's Books, Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
Biblio member since 2023
Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
Peninsula Books has been providing fine and rare books to collectors, institutions and the book trade since 1980. We have a select general stock of books and specialize in Americana in its many forms. We welcome your inquiries and are always happy to answer any questions about our books. Email is usually the quickest way to have your questions answered.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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