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Karasu (Ravens)
by Fukase, Masahisa (Photographs); Akira Hasegawa (Text)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Yokohama: Sokyu-sha, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Quarto. 131 (1)pp. Original black cloth, image of raven blind-stamped to both boards, lettering blind-stamped to spine, in original glassine dustjacket, protected by modern mylar, in tan slipcase with black lettering on cream label, protected by modern mylar. Designed by Kazuyuki Goto. Fukase's masterpiece is considered to be one of the greatest modern photobooks. Parr & Badger Vol. I, page 306. Heiting, page 31. This copy was owned by Anne Tucker, longtime photo curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, signed "A. Tucker" on glassine flap. Glassine jacket with light wear along top and bottom edge and lightly rippled. Else in fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49703
- Title
- Karasu (Ravens)
- Author
- Fukase, Masahisa (Photographs); Akira Hasegawa (Text)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Sokyu-sha
- Place of Publication
- Yokohama
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- ravens, Japanese photography, greatest photobook, raven,b/w photography
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Fine
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- Quarto
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- 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....
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