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Arts and Crafts of Old Japan (The World of Art Series)
by Stewart Dick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
T. N. Foulis, Edinburgh & London, 1923. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Grey Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. To front: b/w. frontis. illustration, titles, preface, contents & illustration lisits. One of Foulis "The World of Art Series." An introduction to the field of Japanese arts including: Painting, Colour Printing, Sculpture and Carving, Metal Work, Keramics, Lacquer, Landscape Gardening and Flower Arrangement. Each chapter ends with a Tailpiece ( Equestrian figures from the Mangwa of Hokusai; Fans from Korin Hiakuzu; and Crests ) Illustrated, ,frontis. & 28 full page plates (4 of which although listed as 'colour' are in fact black & white). 2-page list of publisher's titles to rear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 153 + 2 pages. Spine has worked loose at edges and been re-glued in position. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Previous owner's name & college to fep.. Top edge grey; Deckled outer & bottom edges (rough cut). Black titles spine & front with gilt design ('Fukurokujiu & Crane' by Korin) to front. Covers are slightly bowed. illustrated throughout by b/w. drawings & photo's. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Japanese Art; Ceramics; Flower Arrangement; Japan; Crafts & Hobbies. Inventory No: 5045. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5045
- Title
- Arts and Crafts of Old Japan (The World of Art Series)
- Author
- Stewart Dick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Grey Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. N. Foulis
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh & London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Art & Design/Crafts & Hobbies/Japan/World of Art Series/Flower Arrangement/Ceramics/Japanese Art Art & Design; Japanese Art; Ceramics; Flower Arrangement; Japan; Crafts & Hobbies. Unbranded Stewart Dick Arts and Crafts of Old Jap
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a 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....
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