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Treatise on Landscaping (Tsukiyama niwa-tsukuri [den]) by Kitamura Enkin - 1828

by Kitamura Enkin

Treatise on Landscaping (Tsukiyama niwa-tsukuri [den]) by Kitamura Enkin - 1828

Treatise on Landscaping (Tsukiyama niwa-tsukuri [den])

by Kitamura Enkin

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Japan, 1828. Traditional watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings. Good. Complete 3 volume set (上 / 中 / 下 : first / middle / last) of this 1828 reprint of the original 1735 edition. Important treatise on Japanese garden landscaping from the Edo period (1603-1868). Extensively illustrated with b/w woodblock prints of Japanese gardens, gardening paraphernalia, sculptures, structures, and techniques. First volume is Japanese text, the second and third volume contain the illustrations. Some wear & rubbing / creasing to the covers -- interior clean & bright, with no markings. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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  • Place of Publication Japan
  • Date Published 1828
Japanese Military and Civil Swords and Dirks
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Japanese Military and Civil Swords and Dirks

by Fuller Richard; Gregory Ron

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fine
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Hardcover
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9781853107153
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1853107158
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Wellington, New Zealand
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England: Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. Small amount of foxing on one preliminary page other wise spotless. Dust Jacket in clear mylar cover.
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Japan. Described And Illustrated By The Japanese. Written By Eminent Japanese Authorities And...

Japan. Described And Illustrated By The Japanese. Written By Eminent Japanese Authorities And Scholars. With An Essay On Japanese Art By Kakuzo Okakura. The Imperial Editon, One Of 100 Copies, Volume 10 Only

by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

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Pasadena, California, United States
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Boston: J. B. Millet Company, 1898. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated By K. Ogawa (Flower Collotypes), Kozaburo Tamamura (Hand Colored Albumen Photographs). Section Ten Only, Volume 10 Of 10, Pages 347-382 + Table Of Contents Only, Uncut Double Pages, Three Large (8 X 10 In) Hand Colored Albumen Pictures, 1 Large Round Color Collotype By K. Ogawa Of Flowers, And 18 Colored Photographs Mounted In The Text. The Four Large Hand Colored Albumen Photographs Are The Great Bell At Choin-In Temple, Kyoto, Tmangwanji Temple At Nikko, Washing Kiminos, And Village Wrecked By Earthquake. #75 Of 100 Copies Of The Imperial Edition, Bound In Olive-Grey Silk With Mounted Title And Decorations In Heavier Silk, Endpapers Are Japanese Paper With Embedded Gilt Squares And Specks. The Boards And Pages Are Bound With Cords. Silk Is Clean But With Some Wear At Edges And Worn Through Along Lower Edge Of Boards And Spine.
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Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei...
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Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei Jōsuiki, also Genpei Seisuiki)

by Kosuke Hirooka (?) / Utagawa Yoshiiku (Illustrator)

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Tokyo : Eisen Sha, 1883. Paperback. Good. Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei JÃÂsuiki, also Genpei Seisuiki). This is an extended version of the Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike). Complete set of 16 volumes bound as eight volumes, two per volume. Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes, published during Meiji 16 (1883) in Tokyo. 16 Cover color illustrations by Utagawa (or Ochiai) Yoshiiku, with 56 black & white illustrations. Some moisture damage to the first three volumes, otherwise in Very Good condition, with the illustrations clean & bright. The famous chronicle of the Genpei War (The Heike Monogatari). A classic of Japanese history, includes much on the bushi, supremacy of the military class over the decadent Kyoto Court nobles, martial arts, the Hogen insurrection, Go-ShiraKawa, the Heiji tumult, Taira and Fujiwara, plots against the capital and death of Kiyomori. A superb 12th Century Japanese classic. In stock,… Read More
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A Guide to Folding and Tying for Girls Schools (Joshikyouka Tsutsumimusubi no Shiori)
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A Guide to Folding and Tying for Girls Schools (Joshikyouka Tsutsumimusubi no Shiori)

by Saito Maruko (ed.)

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Tokyo: Ogura Shoten, 1901 (Meiji 33). Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes. Good. Complete 2 volume set of this Meiji period (1868-1912) guide to ceremonial origami and rope tying for Japanese schoolgirls. Extensively illustrated with b/w woodblock prints of Japanese origami folding and knot tying styles and techniques for ceremonial occasions. Light smudges on the covers, with light wear to the edges, otherwise good condition. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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TURNING POINT: ORIBE AND THE ARTS OF SIXTEENTH-CENTURY JAPAN

TURNING POINT: ORIBE AND THE ARTS OF SIXTEENTH-CENTURY JAPAN

by Murase, Miyeko (Editor)

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First Edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780300101959
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0300101953
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Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book is in FINE condition - bright boards and sound binding. Dust jacket is in FINE condition - bright, intact and whole. SB 6/20
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Pageant of Japanese Art.

Pageant of Japanese Art.

by Tokyo National Museum

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Toto Bunka. Tokyo. 1952-54. Six volumes. Folio. Paintings I, Paintings II, Sculpture, Ceramics and Metalwork, Textiles & Lacquer, Architecture and Gardens. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth, with some sunning, in original dust wrappers, some tears and chipping. Lower corner bumped to Vol. I.(Due to the weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply overseas)
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Kuniyoshi; The Warrior-Prints

Kuniyoshi; The Warrior-Prints

by Robinson, B.W.

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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780801414886
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0801414881
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Ithaca: Cornell University Press [0-8014-1488-1] 1982. (4to) 208pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Frontispiece, black and white and color illustrations, map, glossary, bibliography, indices. The top and bottom of the spine are no longer crisp and there is a previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. "The stock subjects of Japanese prints - women, actors, and landscapes - have received much scholarly attention, but the warrior-prints have been somewhat neglected, chiefly because a full appreciation of them depends on knowledge of the legends and characters depicted. B. W. Robinson, a renowned Kuniyoshi scholar, fillls this need by telling the stories most frequently portrayed. Kuniyoshi was one of the most prolific of the Ukiyo-e artists, and in the descriptive catalogue of the warrior-prints, which forms the greater part of this volume, Robinson lists over 350 triptychs (large three-sheet compositions) and some 1,500 single-sheet scenes arranged in… Read More
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Waro Kishi.
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Waro Kishi.

by KISHI, Waro. With an introduction by Terence Riley

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First edition / First printing.
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9788425216688
ISBN 10
8425216680
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gill, S.A., 1995. Signed by Waro Kishi. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine. Text is in English and Spanish. A paperbound original. The first monograph in English on Waro Kishi.
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Shunsho, Ukiyo-e Series Volume 3
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Shunsho, Ukiyo-e Series Volume 3

by Various

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Fine
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Hardcover
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Shueisha, Tokyo, 1974. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition/Fine. Various, Shunsho, Ukiyo-e Series Volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, 1974. Large folio (17x12 inches or 43x31cm), pp. 144, printed cream-colored cloth boards quarter-bound in white cloth, slipcased, text in Japanese. Large color plates, some folding, plus explanatory text. Part of a 12-volume set, this book devoted exclusively to Shunsho. Condition of this book: Fine in near fine slipcase (soiling at top and bottom edges). Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). One volume of the 12-volume set. Text is in Japanese. 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; Japanese Language; Reference. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54631. . This book… Read More
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Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei...
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Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei Jōsuiki, also Genpei Seisuiki)

by Kosuke Hirooka (?) / Utagawa Yoshiiku (Illustrator)

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Paperback
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Tokyo : Eisen Sha, 1883. Paperback. Good. Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei JÃÂsuiki, also Genpei Seisuiki). This is an extended version of the Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike). Complete set of 16 volumes bound as eight volumes, two per volume. Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes, published during Meiji 16 (1883) in Tokyo. 16 Cover color illustrations by Utagawa (or Ochiai) Yoshiiku, with 56 black & white illustrations. Some moisture damage to the first three volumes, otherwise in Very Good condition, with the illustrations clean & bright. The famous chronicle of the Genpei War (The Heike Monogatari). A classic of Japanese history, includes much on the bushi, supremacy of the military class over the decadent Kyoto Court nobles, martial arts, the Hogen insurrection, Go-ShiraKawa, the Heiji tumult, Taira and Fujiwara, plots against the capital and death of Kiyomori. A superb 12th Century Japanese classic. In stock,… Read More
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The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture

The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture

by Lieberman, William S. [Introduction]

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New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 240 x 210 mm), 116 pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). Catalogue for a U.S. traveling exhibition of 46 Japanese artists. Short bios of each artist, along with black-and-white illustrations of their works. The catalogue also features 13 color illustrations at the beginning of the book. Introduction by the curator, William S. Lieberman. CONDITION: Light edge wear and soiling to wrappers, toning to page edges. Very Good.
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Sho Fukumoto Sketchbook 1986: Leda (Boxed Set)
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Sho Fukumoto Sketchbook 1986: Leda (Boxed Set)

by Sho Fukumoto

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N. Nomura & Co., Ltd., 1986. Book. Like New. Boxed Set. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A hardcover book and a softcover book in a cloth-covered box, all in like-new condition. Clamshell box is covered in natural-covered linen with brown lettering to spine and brown facsimile signature on top. Hardcover with three-quarter charcoal-gray cloth with blue marbled (faux) boards; no text other than a tipped-in plate with title, etc. in English; pages are facsimile reproductions of the sketched art--b&w and color of Leda and Swan; no title on binding. Softcover is staplebound with blue cardstock cover with title etc. in English on front; approx. 27 pages; b&w photo frontispiece of artist; 7 plates of art; text in Japanese. Books are about 9-1/2" by 6-1/4". Box is 10-1/2" by 6-3/4"..
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Sakuteiki Visions of the Japanese Garden
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Sakuteiki Visions of the Japanese Garden

by Marc P. Jiro Takei; Keane

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9780804832946
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0804832943
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Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly 1000 years ago, making it the oldest work on Japanese gardening; in fact, the oldest book on gardening in the world! In this edition of the Sakuteiki, the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work; and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening. A Japanese court noble wrote the Sakuteiki during the Heian period (794-1184). During this critical era in Japanese history cultural influences on poetry, clothing-and gardening-that had been imported from China and Korea over the previous centuries were reexamined and reinterpreted into their unique Japanese forms. The Sakuteiki contains the first systematic record of this new… Read More
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Hiroshige: Birds and Flowers
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Hiroshige: Birds and Flowers

by Hiroshige, Ando; introduction by Cynthea J. Bogel; commentaries on the plates by Israel Goldman; poetry translated by Alfred H. Marks

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1st
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ISBN 13
9780807611999
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0807611999
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NY: Braziller, 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Braziller, 1988, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 14 1/2", 192pp., illustrated with 91 full color plates. Fine in near fine. price clipped dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.
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Shishi and Other Netsuke: The Collection of Harriet Szechenyi
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Shishi and Other Netsuke: The Collection of Harriet Szechenyi

by Rosemary Bandini

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9780953573301
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0953573303
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Rosemary Bandini, London, 1999, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 174 pages, 8.75" x 11.25", slight edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Collector Harriet Szechenyi concentrated on collecting "netsuke" of animals and mythical beings.
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Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool.

Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool.

by NARA, Yoshitomo

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9780810994140
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0810994143
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New York: Asia Society Museum / Harry N. Abrams: 2010. First edition / First printing. Illustrated laminated boards in die-cut illustrated slipcase. Very fine in a very fine slipcase.
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The Hokusai Sketchbooks
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The Hokusai Sketchbooks

by James A. Michener

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Stated First Edition.
Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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From flyleaf: Between the years 1814 and 1878 there was published in Japan a series of woodblock printed volumes entitled Hokusai Manga, or Hokusai's Sketches from Life, which was destined to be one of the most popular art publications ever issued anywhere in the world. With its rich tapestry of life as it was lived in the boisterous Tokyo of the day and its magical evocation of the beauties of the Japanese countryside, it was an immediate best-seller in Japan, and then, upon the West's discovery of Japanese art, went on to win the hearts of people everywhere. It is from this amazing book, amazing both in execution and breadth of scope, that the… Read More
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Hiroshige 53 Stations of Tokaido (Masterworks of Ukiyo-E,)
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Hiroshige 53 Stations of Tokaido (Masterworks of Ukiyo-E,)

by Narazaki; Hiroshige Ando

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9780870111006
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0870111000
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The Tokaido -- the name of this highway today epitomizes a golden age of Japan's past. This "Eastern Sea Road", which connected the emperor's capital in Kyoto and the seat of the shogun's administration in Edo (now Tokyo) was heavily traveled in all seasons; the numerous prints and guidebooks about the Tokaido represent the time of prosperity and peace when even the average citizen could undertake the adventure of travel along this highway. It was Hiroshige who immortalized the Tokaido. In the famous prints of the fifty-three stages reproduced in this book, this master artist of the ukiyo-e print captured the beauty, romance, adventure, mystery, and joy - all the myriad and glowing facets of the people and places, in all seasons and times of day, of the Tokaido highway. Hiroshige's… Read More
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Traditional Japanese Furniture

Traditional Japanese Furniture: A Definitive Guide

by Kazuko Koizumi

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First Edition
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ISBN 13
9780870117220
ISBN 10
087011722X
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Kodansha International, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Minor shelf and handling wear to DJ. Else Fine. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.
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Tsubasa Album De Reproductions 2 (Japanese Version)
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Tsubasa Album De Reproductions 2 (Japanese Version)

by Clamp

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9784063647983
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4063647986
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Kodansha, 2009. Paperback with dust jacket. Used- Fine condition. Book is in Japanese. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Very light scuffing along to top edges of the dust jacket. Small tear on the top right corner of the bottom black banner on the front cover. No markings on the inside of the book.Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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