Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period, 1600-1868
by William Watson (ed.)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0933516487
- ISBN 13
- 9780933516489
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd., 1981 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Quarto. 4to. 363 pp, preface by Kentaro Hayashi, preface by Hugh Carson, editor's note, The Great Japan Exhibition - A Foreword by Nicolas Wolfers; Edo Japan: Politics and Foreign Relations by W. G. Beasley; Society and Economy in the Edo Period by Madahide Bito; Art in Momoyama and Edo by William Watson; map; Gallery Guide; The Catalogue: Painting; Calligraphy; Wood-Block Books and Albums; Lacquer; Ceramics; Armour; Sword Blades; Sword Mounts; Sculpture; Netsuke; Textiles; Japanese Historical Periods; Era Names; Bibliography; Glossary; Indices; Photographic Acknowledgments with color and b&w illustrations throughout. Not Price Clipped. Only the faintest wear to top and bottom edge spine dj. Repair to rear hinge at gutters with only faintly bumped corner tips, else, no markings, tight binding, page surfaces clean, cloth crisp. 8.75" x 11.25." Beige cloth with silver lettering to spine. Pictorial DJ in mylar protector..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005108
- Title
- Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period, 1600-1868
- Author
- William Watson (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0933516487
- ISBN 13
- 9780933516489
- Publisher
- Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- ART HISTORY JAPAN EDO PERIOD 1600-1868
- Bookseller catalogs
- ART HISTORY;
- Size
- Quarto
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