Encounters With Japan
by Tames, Richard
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press,, 1992. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Square quarto, red cloth covered boards. 158pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with fascinating historical black and white photographs of all aspects of Japanese life and culture from 1859-1922, as well as color and black and white reproductions of art and historic documents from the same period. A lovely charming book production. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, clean and sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 05234
- Title
- Encounters With Japan
- Author
- Tames, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- New York: St. Martin's Press,
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- GREAT BRITAIN FOREIGN RELATIONS JAPAN, CULTURE, ART, ILLUSTRATED, ILLUSTRATOR, PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY, TRAVEL, EXPLORATION, ORIENT, JAPANESE, PEOPLE, DANCE, GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, MEMOIR, JOURNAL, PHOTOGRAPH, TEMPLE, COSTUME, TOGO,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Japan;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
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