Japanese Masters of the Colour Print: A Great Heritage of Oriental Art
by Hillier, J
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Good
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Phaidon Publisher's Inc., 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, purple patterned cloth in publisher's dust-jacket. 140 pages. With a foreword and an introduction by the author. Illustrated with 93 images including 20 tipped in full color plates, printed at the Chiswick Press, London. A visual survey of the 200 year reign of the color print in Japan, from the seventeenth to the 19th centuries. No previous ownership marks. Mild wear to cloth at extremities and dust-jacket worn, with edge wear, toning and tape repairs on verso, though complete. Interior and all plates clean and unmarked. Very good in a near good dust-jacket. A large book, Priority and International order will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019408
- Title
- Japanese Masters of the Colour Print: A Great Heritage of Oriental Art
- Author
- Hillier, J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Phaidon Publisher's Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Art, Japanese . Wood-block Prints
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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Glossary
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...