The Japanese Movie: an Illustrated History
by Richie, Donald
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1966. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket in slipcase. First edition. Blue silk cloth boards, clean and sharp with lightly sunned edges, penned Japanese characters on front endpaper - may be the author's signature. Protected price clipped dustjacket is clean and bright, light age toning. Slipcase has shelfwear and sunned spine. Numerous black and white photographs. A tight, crisp copy. 200 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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- Seller
- KULTURAs books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 11606
- Title
- The Japanese Movie: an Illustrated History
- Author
- Richie, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Kodansha International Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Film. Japanese Cinema. Akira Kurosawa. Yasujiro Ozu.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Shelfwear
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- Good+
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- Jacket
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- Sunned
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