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SODO: Beauty in Kimono
by Yamanaka, Norio
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Tokyo, Japan: Sodo Kimono School, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Yamanaka founded the Sodo Kimono Academy, the first institute of its kind to encourage the wearing of Japan's national dress in everyday life. His philosophy, outlined herein, is that wearing the kimono properly depends as much on the person's inner nature as on the garment itself. 54 p. with a frontispiece photograph. This copy is inscribed by Norio Yamanaka on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49463
- Title
- SODO: Beauty in Kimono
- Author
- Yamanaka, Norio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Sodo Kimono School
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo, Japan
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Japan, Japanese Culture, Kimono, Traditional Dress, Fashion
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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