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The Roots of Japanese Architecture: A Photographic Quest
by FUTAGAWA, Yukio; Teiji Itoh [with] Isamu Noguchi (intro.)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York / Tokyo: Harper & Row / Weathermark Edition / Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1963. First Edition in English. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Yukio Futagawa (photography). Folio. Pp. 207. Illustrated with large gravure black & white photo reproductions, some fold-out. Foreword by Isamu Noguchi. Brown cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, illustration stamped in black on the cover, wood veneer endpapers. Text set in Perpetua, letterpress printed in Japan. In the two-color photo-illustrated dust jacket with price intact on the front flap: minimal rubbing to edges and light scuffs. A magnificent production by John Weatherhill, Inc. of Tokyo. Based on the 1962 Japanese original, with an eloquent foreword. Well preserved, dust jacket now protected in a removable clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7585
- Title
- The Roots of Japanese Architecture: A Photographic Quest
- Author
- FUTAGAWA, Yukio; Teiji Itoh [with] Isamu Noguchi (intro.)
- Illustrator
- Yukio Futagawa (photography)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition in English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row / Weathermark Edition / Bijutsu Shuppan-sha
- Place of Publication
- New York / Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1963
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Fine Press;
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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