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How to Wrap Five Eggs: Japanese Design in Traditional Packaging
by Oka, Hideyuki and Michikazu Sakai
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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new york, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Harper & Row, 1967. This is a near fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. White embossed glazed boards with black cloth spine. A few minor scuff marks to the back board. The jacket is not price-clipped ($12.50) or sunned. The tan cardboard slipcase with the printed yellow paper label is very good, but some soil to spine. Stated first edition. The classic text on modern Japanese packaging and wrapping techniques. Illustrated throughout in beautiful photogravure photographs by Michikazu Sakai. Foreword by George Nelson. 12" high X 10" wide, 203 pages. A beautiful copy of the first edition. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Design Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017866
- Title
- How to Wrap Five Eggs: Japanese Design in Traditional Packaging
- Author
- Oka, Hideyuki and Michikazu Sakai
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Hideyuki Oka, Michikazu Sakai
Terms of Sale
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Shipping charges: $4.50 Media Mail in the United States, Priority Mail extra, foreign shipping billed at cost. 30 day return with prior notice.
About the Seller
Design Books
Biblio member since 2006
new york, New York
About Design Books
We offer out of print, scarce and rare books, prints and photographs. Our books are mainly in the areas of architecture, fine art, exhibition catalogs, Chinese and Japanese art, decorative arts, modern design, illustrated books, textile design, fine press and typography.
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- Cloth
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