Rutland, VT/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1958. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. True First Edition, first printing. Square small quarto, patterned cloth covered boards. Hand made paper endpapers. 168 pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white and colored photographs and unique decorative maps in color. A very scarce true first edition of this often reprinted classic by one of the West's most knowlegeable authorities on Japanese art. A very tight, clean, bright, unmarked volume in a tight, crisp, fresh copy with the "pre-publication" price clipped but the regular price still showing. Fine in fine dust jacket. SCARCE..

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Bookseller: Brillig Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 09847
Title: The Folk Arts Of Japan
Author: Munsterberg, Hugo
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle
Place of Publication: Rutland, VT/Tokyo
Date Published: 1958
Keywords: JAPAN, JAPANESE, FOLK, ART, ARTIST, CRAFT, MUNSTERBURG, HUGO, MINGEI, ILLUSTRATED, COLOR, PHOTOGRAPHS, TEXTILE, CERAMICS, POTTERY, IRON, CLOTH, PAINTING, WOOD, ARCHITECTURE, TEA, WOODBLOCK, PRINT, PAPER, FANS,
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