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JAPANESE FLORAL ART: Ikebana; Symbolism, Cult, and Practice
by Carr, Rachel E
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good-
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. (1961) 378 pp. Original green cloth covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. DJ lightly rubbed w/ several short tears to edges and chipping to extremities; spine a bit sunned. Illust. w/ 203 b/w plates, 39 arrangements in color, 175 drawings and figures, and 13 vignettes. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23939DA
- Title
- JAPANESE FLORAL ART: Ikebana; Symbolism, Cult, and Practice
- Author
- Carr, Rachel E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ
- Keywords
- DECORATIVE ARTS IKEBANA JAPANESE FLORAL ART FLOWER ARRANGEMENT ART HISTORY WORLD HISTORY JAPAN ASIA NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Decorative Art;
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Spine
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- Edges
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