Masterpieces of Japanese Puppetry [LIMITED EDITION W/SLIPCASE], Sculptured Heads of the Bunraku Theater
by Saitō, Seijirō; Yamaguchi Hiroichi; Yoshinaga Takao; (editors); Roy Andrew Miller (English adaptation)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio (14-1/2" x 10-1/2"). 91, (1)pp. Silver gray & green pictorial dust jacket, lettered in red & black, over half brown cloth, gilt, and blind stamped orange boards. Housed in the publisher original printed corrugated cardboard shipping container. Illustrated with 32 tipped-in color plates. The special, limited edition of 375 numbered copies (this is #196). A fine, as new copy.
Note: Edited for the Society for the Publication of "Bunraku Puppet-head Masterpieces."
Note: Edited for the Society for the Publication of "Bunraku Puppet-head Masterpieces."
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52736
- Title
- Masterpieces of Japanese Puppetry [LIMITED EDITION W/SLIPCASE], Sculptured Heads of the Bunraku Theater
- Author
- Saitō, Seijirō; Yamaguchi Hiroichi; Yoshinaga Takao; (editors); Roy Andrew Miller (English adaptation)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles E. Tuttle
- Place of Publication
- Rutland, VT
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Japanese sculpture, Japanese wood carving, Puppet plays
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Gilt
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