Search Results: the hokusai sketchbooks selections from the by michener james a

Rutland, VT: Charles A. Tuttle, 1968. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/lite chipping, clipped price; 286 clean, unmarked pages/index; sans slipcase. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by B/w. 4 vo.

CETuttle, 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1

Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958. 286 pages in excellent condition. 187 beautiful full-page plates and hundreds of text decorations. Brown/blue cloth covered boards (silk?) with gilt titles on the spine. Japanes characters on a white label on the front cover. One corner lightly bumped, fading at the head/tail of spine. Beige, illustrated DJ with black titles. Light wear at corners and edges. Small chip at both head/tail of spine. Price clipped. VG+/VG. Comes in a brown cardboard slipcase with illustrated, yellow label. Edges darkened. Conditionis GOOD.. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG. 6 1/2 x 10 1/2.

Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 1960. NF/NF/NF; 286 pages; First edition, fifth printing; near Fine in mauve silk cloth above black silk cloth; titled in gilt and decorated with a Fine paper label, paler mauve endpapers; small faded spot at bottom of backstrip corresponding with a small chip on the near Fine dustjacket; chip still attached by the jacket's laminate and now held in position by mylar jacket cover; corner clipped but U.S. price intact; all in a near Fine original cardboard slipcase with Fine paper label wrapped around three sides, sticker residue at one corner. Quite an astonishing volume of woodblock prints along with Michener's knowledgeable text.. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Rutland, Vermont / Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. Third printing. Quarto. Page and cloth edges lightly dampstained, slight sunning at the crown, good only in a good only dampstained dustwrapper with a small nick and tear at the crown, lacking the slipcase. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn.

Hardcover. Good. EARLY EDITION WITH REAL WOOD-BLOCK PRINT. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1971. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Bound in dark grey and tan silk-covered boards with Japanese paper title label and gilt lettering. With 4-page wood-block insert. Some minor wavering to a few pages else very good overall condition. No markings, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY.

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1959. 286 pages including index. Dust Jacket is clean and price clipped. In Slipcase with wraparound label. Slipcase has tiny wear at edges. Book includes two inserts printed from actual woodblocks. 187 full page two-color plates and hundreds of text illustrations. Printed Japanese style, on double folded paper. In publisher's cardboard slipcase. Michener edited the book, wrote a lengthy essay on Hokusai--often called the Leonardo Da Vinci of the Orient--and informative captions for every plate. New insights into the quality of Hokusai's art and the Manga: "Hokusai's Sketches from Life"--a look at Japanese history, customs, superstitions, psychology, life, pleasures, botany, zoology, architecture, agriculture, astronomy--the book is an encyclopedia of Japan! Clean. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958. 1st. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 286 pp. Index. 187 plates. Lengthy essay on Hokusai by Michener. Blue & rose silk cloth with gilt lettering to spine & paper title label to front cover in color illustrated dustjacket; housed in publisher's cardboard slipcase with yellow & brown illustrated wrap-around label. Includes 3 pp tipped in insert wtih 3 plates. A near fine copy (faint mark of paper clip to ffep & 1st pp) in near fine dustjacket (upper front flap corner clipped - US price remains; light wear to extremities; short close tear to upper rear cover); light wear to slipcase else fine. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. A collection of sketches of various subjects by the Japanese artist Hokusai. Subjects of the sketches include landscapes, flora and fauna, everyday life and the supernatural. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic… Read More

Rutland and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958. Second printing. Illustrated, many in two colors. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (tiny scuff at head of spine panel). Inscribed by the author. Publisher's decorated card slipcase (some toning to cardboard). Second printing. Illustrated, many in two colors. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed on the half title: "Centerville, Md. 1980 To Gene Hafner, this lovely book, signed for a book lover, James A. Michener". Groseclose A.013