BLOCK PRINTING & BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN
by BROWN, LOUISE NORTON
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1924. BROWN, Louise Norton. BLOCK PRINTING & BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN. With Forty-three Plates (Eighteen in Colours), and Copious Indexes of Titles and Artists. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1924. First edition. Folio size, tan cloth spine with brown morocco label, blue paper-covered boards; xiii + 261pp. The top of the front hinge is just starting, the covers rubbed, the rear cover edgeworn and stained. A serviceable copy of this important reference.
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44313
- Title
- BLOCK PRINTING & BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN
- Author
- BROWN, LOUISE NORTON
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1924
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boston Book Company
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
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Welcome!
Helen Kelly
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James Desrosiers
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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