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Japanese Prints From the Early Masters to the Modern
by James Michener
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Tuttle, Vermont, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. JAMES A. MICHENER. Japanese Prints From the Early Masters to the Modern, Vermont: Tuttle, 1959. Heavy quarto, first edition, pp. 287, brown cloth boards with black and gilt stamped lettering to spine, blind-stamped orange silk print on front, color illustrations tipped in. Arntzen & Rainwater N157: "Addressed primarily to the collector. Valuable chiefly for reproductions of prints from a famous collection [Michener's]." Condition of this book: Jacket price clipped with short tears and chips along edges. Minor coffee-type stains along top edge. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Japan; 1950s; Reference. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54208. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54208
- Title
- Japanese Prints From the Early Masters to the Modern
- Author
- James Michener
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Tuttle
- Place of Publication
- Vermont
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Art & Design; Japan; 1950s; Reference. James Michener Japanese Prints From the Early Masters to the Modern
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
About Rarities etc.
Rarities specializes in photos, prints and art and photography books. We also offer vintage oddities.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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