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Anno's Italy
by Mitsumasa Anno
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0529055600
- ISBN 13
- 9780529055606
- Seller
-
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Item Price
£24.23£20.59
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About This Item
First American edition hardcover, with dust jacket, published by Collins, 1980. Originally published in Japan in 1979. Mitsumasa Anno's classic, wordless picture book follows a single figure as he journey's in Italy, from a rural landscape, to small towns, on to Renaissance era Florence. Filled with cultural references and humor in the intricate watercolor and pen and ink illustrations. Beautiful, full page illustrations on every page. The book is un-paginated, approximately 46 pages. 9" X 10-1/8". The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped, jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Tiny closed tears at the heel of the spine, about 1/8" long, a small amount of fading to the spine panel, and small circular dot of fading to the spine panel - about 1/4" across. Jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. The sturdy, illustrated cover boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or creased, no edge wear. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Pages are clean and the edges of the text block are clean. Binding is tight and square. This is not a library discard. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
Synopsis
Mitsumasa Anno was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the highest honor attainable in the field of children's book illustration in 1984. His original art will be displayed at the gallery opening of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Northhampton, MA. Mr. Anno lives in Japan.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22-06436
- Title
- Anno's Italy
- Author
- Mitsumasa Anno
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0529055600
- ISBN 13
- 9780529055606
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
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Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
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