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New York: Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 1959. First edition, first printing.UNIQUE MEDICAL DRAWINGS IN RARE HUMAN ANATOMY-PHYSIOLOGY TEXT ILLUSTRATED BY JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNED DURING WW2 WHO BECAME NOTED ARTIST--TOGETHER WITH EXHIBITION CATALOG.
9 3/4 inches tall volume, color printed paper covers, previous owner signature to inside front cover, i-xiii, 320 pp, 101 figures. Light edgewear to covers, light browning to text, very good in custom archival mylar cover. TOGETHER WITH catalog of retrospective exhibition at the Oakland Museum in 1972: 8x10 inches paper bound book with color printed cover, 56 pp, 27 plates (color and black & white). Near fine.
MINE OKUBO (1912 – 2001) was an American artist and writer. Born in Riverside, California, she attended Riverside Junior College and later received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley. A recipient of a fellowship in 1938, Okubo spent two years traveling in Europe where she continued her development as… Read More