How to Wrap 5 Eggs: Japanese Design in Traditional Packaging
by Hideyuki Oka
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible; Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A beautiful copy of the 1967 stated 1st U.S. edition, preceded only by the 1965 original Japanese printing. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 203 pgs., lovely gravure photography thruout. Foreword by the estimable George Nelson, photography by Michikazu Sakai. The nicest copy this bookseller has encountered of this iconic title in Japanese design.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7771
- Title
- How to Wrap 5 Eggs: Japanese Design in Traditional Packaging
- Author
- Hideyuki Oka
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Rare Design books, Japanese design, rare Packaging
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Design;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gravure
- ...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...