Ikenobo Floral Art Institute, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Good ; Poor Jacket. 1951 Ikenobo Floral Art Institute. First Edition, stated. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has cream faux-leather-covered boards and gilt spine and cover lettering. Four color frontispiece plates; two are tipped-in color prints. Additional color plates. Black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers lightly soiled, with some bleed through of the colored parts of the dust jacket in stripes on a quarter of the front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. 119 pages + 15 page index. Jacket has tattered top and bottom edges, with half of the back panel missing. The spine panel is torn and there are several other smaller tears. Jacket spine sunned and jacket is lightly soiled. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

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Bookseller: SmarterRat Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 6373
Title: Ikenobo School of Japanese Floral Art
Author: Nishimura, T. (Compiler)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Poor
Publisher: Ikenobo Floral Art Institute
Date Published: 1951
Keywords: Art,Japan,Gardening
Bookseller catalogs: Art; Japan; Gardening;

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