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Figure Prints of Old Japan; A Pictorial Pageant Of Actors & Courtesans Of The Eighteenth Century
by Harold Stern
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- very good/very good
- Seller
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. very good/very good. Book Club of California, 1959. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio, 40 x 26 cm. Limited edition of only 400.52 colored or tinted plates. Introduction by Harold Stern. Illustrated from original prints in the collection of Edwin and Marjorie Grabhorn, printed by the Grabhorn Press. Reproductions printed recto only. Includes prints by Harunobu, Kiyomasu, Masanobu, Sharaku, Utamaro, Kaigetsudo, et al. Bright, clean and fresh copy. Orig. green cloth spine and pictorial boards with a custom-made rice-paer like dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Books Honolulu
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 846K
- Title
- Figure Prints of Old Japan; A Pictorial Pageant Of Actors & Courtesans Of The Eighteenth Century
- Author
- Harold Stern
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Artbooks; Limited Editions; Fine Press;
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About Rare Books Honolulu
Rare Books Honolulu is an online only bookstore in Hawaii, specializing in Hawaiiana, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions (New and Antiquarian), and "New But Already Out Of Print Books".
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- Folio
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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