SHUNGA: IMAGES OF SPRING. Essay on Erotic Elements in Japanese Art
by Grosbois, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Geneva: Nagel Publishers, (1964).. (1964).. Very good. - Quarto, white paper covered boards titled in gilt on the front cover & spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. There is a small area of soiling to the front board & 2 chips to the paper along its front edge. The dust jacket is chipped with the rear panel soiled. A price sticker has been removed from the front panel; there is a tear to its bottom edge, an area of its surface is rubbed away & there is a piece out. 157 pages plus colophon. There is a small ink mark to the front endpaper & light soiling to the colophon. Profusely illustrated with many tipped-in color plates, including a large folding plate, & black-and-white illustrations. Very good in a good dw.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7878
- Title
- SHUNGA: IMAGES OF SPRING. Essay on Erotic Elements in Japanese Art
- Author
- Grosbois, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Geneva: Nagel Publishers, (1964).
- Date Published
- (1964).
- Keywords
- ART; JAPAN; JAPANESE ART; EROTIC ART; EROTICA; SHUNGA: IMAGES OF SPRING; CHARLES GROSBOIS; TIPPED-IN PLATES; FOLDING PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS.
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- Erotica;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Gilt
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- Plate
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- Soiled
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- Spine
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- Quarto
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- Colophon
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- Jacket
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