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Japanese Toys: Playing with History
by Kazuya Sakamoto (Trans. by Charles A. Pomeroy)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo and Rutland, VT: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha And Charles Tuttle, 1965. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. The 1965 1st English language edition. Tight and VG in its blue cloth, with light staining at the panels (which has not bled thru and does not affect the text in the slightest) in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with one small closed tear at the bottom-edge. Thick quarto, beautifully photographed in rich gravure by Kiyoshi Sonobe. Another in Tuttle's long line of first-rate studies of Japanese history and culture.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12668
- Title
- Japanese Toys: Playing with History
- Author
- Kazuya Sakamoto (Trans. by Charles A. Pomeroy)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha And Charles Tuttle
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo and Rutland, VT
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- rare toy books, rare toys, rare Japanese tyoys
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectibles;
Terms of Sale
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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
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gravure
- ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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...
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