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The Pictorial Arts of Japan, with a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks Upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Koreans
by Anderson, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prescott, Arizona
Item Price:
US$595.00
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About This Item
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Oversize hardcover approx. 16" x 12" x 3". Boards are covered in olive-green cloth with red and gilt lettering on front with black background illustrations of birds in bamboo; spine is black cloth which is overlaid with the original black leather with gilt lettering; edges of boards are beveled; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; 80 numbered plates, 16 in color; 146 numbered illustrations with the text; all pages and illustrations present. Very good minus condition: leather on spine with some chips and wear; the spine has been blackened with leather dressing; light edge wear to boards; front board is clean and bright; back board is slightly scuffed and stained; hinges are strong; bookplate inside of Grace Nicholson; ffep has chips and has been taped in at hinge; first blank page creased; remaining pages and illustrations are in excellent condition. This is a large and heavy book and will require extra for shipping. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Sage Bookshop
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- 095315
- Title
- The Pictorial Arts of Japan, with a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks Upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Koreans
- Author
- Anderson, William
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
- Date published
- 1886
- Keywords
- The Pictorial Arts of Japan, with a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks Upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Koreans hisotry asia asian east history
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall
Terms of Sale
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About The Old Sage Bookshop
Situated in historic downtown Prescott, Arizona, The Old Sage Bookshop offers a fine selection of new southwest books as well as quality used books for the collector, the seeker, and the avid reader. This is a small but mighty bookshop.
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- First Edition
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- 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...[more]
- folio
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- 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...[more]
- spine
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