Japan: A History in Art
by Smith, Bradley
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- Bound in pure-silk brocade woven to order by the Joshi Looms in Kyoto. The devices in gold are family crests of japanese feudal
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co, 1964. First printing. Number 495 of 500 Presentation Copies, signed by the Author. Profusion of color illustrations. 295 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in pure-silk brocade woven to order by the Joshi Looms in Kyoto. The devices in gold are family crests of japanese feudal lords & hereditary nobility. The endpapers suggest the texture of old Japanese gold screens. The box was made by hand of Paulownia Wood in the workshop of the master cabinet maker Kokichi Endo of Tokyo, with iron work in the folkcraft style. The title in Japanese by master calligrapher Baikei Suzuki of Tokyo. Fine. Ashley Montagu's copy. First printing. Number 495 of 500 Presentation Copies, signed by the Author. Profusion of color illustrations. 295 pp. 1 vols. 4to.
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Bibliography: p. 295.
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52801
- Title
- Japan: A History in Art
- Author
- Smith, Bradley
- Format/Binding
- Profusion of color illustrations. 295 pp. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in pure-silk brocade woven to order by the Joshi Looms in Kyoto. The devices in gold are family crests of japanese feudal
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing. Number 495 of 500 Presentation Copies, signed by
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Japanese
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Architecture & Design;
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