SAKURA DOLLS OF JAPAN Their Stories, Appreciation and Creations
by Martha Sue Abston and Yoshiko Uchioke
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/fair
- Seller
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BATH, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan: Japan Publications Trading Company , June, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/fair. Slim 4to. pp. 94. Gilt kanji to upper board, gilt titles to spine. Bound in blue buckram. 35 colour photog. plates illustrate main text with further b&w photog. plates to rear on how to make various sakura dolls. In a tatty but unclipped DJ. Wear to lower front corner, some minor staining to lower corner to first few lower page corners. O'wise, a decent, sound copy, with no marks or inscriptions.
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- Bookseller
- tinyBook (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000489
- Title
- SAKURA DOLLS OF JAPAN Their Stories, Appreciation and Creations
- Author
- Martha Sue Abston and Yoshiko Uchioke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Japan Publications Trading Company
- Place of Publication
- Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan
- Date Published
- June, 1963
- Bookseller catalogs
- Japan, Japanese;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....