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Dolls on Display: Japan in Miniature. Being an Illustrated Commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival by Caiger, G - 1933

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Dolls on Display: Japan in Miniature. Being an Illustrated Commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival by Caiger, G - 1933

Dolls on Display: Japan in Miniature. Being an Illustrated Commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival

by Caiger, G

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Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. xi, 141 pp, 8vo. Royal purple cloth covered boards with a red paper title label with gold flecks mounted in inset space on front board, Japanese style binding with yellow braided tassels for ties. Color frontispiece illustration of a boy and a girl doll, 2 fold out plates in color, 1 single color plates tipped in, 81 black & white photographs illustrating various doll vignettes. Rare clamshell box that came with this edition with blue and white design representing clouds in a blue sky, boy and girl doll caricatures printed in brown ink, white paper label with red titling pasted to cover; orners bumped and beginning to split but still tight and useful in housing the book.
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  • Publisher The Hokuseido Press
  • Place of Publication Tokyo
  • Date Published 1933

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Dolls On Display: Japan In Miniature.

by CAIGER, G

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Tokyo:: The Hokuseido Press,, N. D., but circa 1933.. First edition.. Publisher's silk boards; string-tied, with applied Japanese paper label.. Near fine; one plate torn at the mount; not affecting image, and has been neatly repaired.. 4to.. With numerous black and white and mounted full color illustrations.
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Dolls on display: Japan in miniature, being an illustrated commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival

by CAIGER, G

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Hokuseido Press, 1934-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Ex library copy. Includes box. Box has heavy damage. Book itself is clean and in good condition.
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Dolls on Display; Japan in Miniature, Being an Illustrated Commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival

by Caiger, G

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Used - VG- (age toning to edges, overall wear to boards, illustrations and text are clean)
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Tokyo, Japan: Hokuseido Press, 1933. Hardcover. VG- (age toning to edges, overall wear to boards, illustrations and text are clean). Purple silk over boards with red paper title block on front cover, silk ribbon ties, color illustrated end pages, color frontispiece, xi, 141 pp, illustrated in bw with 3 color plates with tissue guards and descriptive letterpress. Colophon mounted on leaf at end. An illustrated commentary of the Girls' and Boys' Festivals. "If you visit Japan in Februrary or April, over and above the medley of everyday life, your eyes will be drawn by the colorful show in some windows and open toys shops- Japan in miniature. These are appointmens either for the Girls's Festival on March 3rd or the Boys' Festival on May 5th." - Introduction.
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Dolls on Display: Japan in Miniature, Being an Illustrated Commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival.

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Tokyo, Japan: Hokuseido Press, [1933] (from colophon tipped to the last blank page). First edition Quarto 10.5" x 7.5"), xi & 141 pages including exhaustive illustrations from photographs in text & occasionally full page, with color frontis & 3 color plates (two folding). Publisher's original decorated purple silk over boards stabbed & cord-bound in the Japanese style, with applied printed title label on the upper cover, in the original box This copy with calligraphy & two chops at a leaf adjacent to the half-title page. Shallow diagonal corner crease at front free endpaper, short tear in the upper margin of the frontis (illustration unaffected), small merchant's label on the title page, otherwise a lovely, Near Fine copy in the publisher's worn box: split or splitting at the joints, with evidence of crude repairs, soiled, rubbed, etc."If you visit Japan in February or April, over and above the medley of everyday life, your eyes will be drawn by the colorful show in some windows and open toy shops -… Read More
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Dolls on Display: Japan in Miniature, Being an Illustrated Commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival

by Caiger, G

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Nishikicho, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan: Hokuseido Press, [1933]. Hardcover. Very Good+. Stab binding, purple silk over boards, bound in yellow rope, with tassels extending onto front board, printed red label mounted to front board; in publisher's box; 4to (268x190mm); pp. 141, with color frontis., 3 color plates, 2 folding b/w plates, b/w illustrations in text. Previous owner's bookplate on verso of FFEP, adhesive stain somewhat visible through recto of FFEP; otherwise internally nice and clean, and binding is fine. Box is broken and age-toned.
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Tokyo, Japan: The Hokuseido Press, 1933. First edition, undated [1933]. Excellent example including original presentation box, promotional booklet for this book, additional list of publications, slip at front in Japanese. Box includes list of agents selling this book. Illustrated in black and white with some color plates, two folding color plates. Deep purple rough silk covers with paper label, cord binding, original (but tattered) glassine dustjacket, presentation box with label on front cover and spine. The book is in very good condition with firm binding, clean pages, one folding plate having an upper corner chip that barely touches the printed area, no names or other markings. The presentation box is unevenly faded and has edgewear, box joints visible in a few areas but structurally sound.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Presentation Box. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Tokyo [1933], Hokuseido. Purple brocade silk covers, ribbon ties, very good,23 foldout color & 2 color plates, 81 b.w. photos, fine copy, fine original folding box, like NEW item, 19 x 26.5 cm., collector's condition. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . *** **** *** . . A DELUXE WORK, LAVISHLY COLOR ILLUSTRATED . . . ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOKS ON JAPANESE DOILLS . . * The study is divided into two major sections: a. HINA MATSURI: THE GIRL'S FESTIVAL b. TANGO NO SEKKU: THE BOY'S FESTIVAL. . Each section shows great detail of the festival, with a large number of fine illustrations, list of dolls, meaning and other details. . The appendix covers: FESTIVALS IN JAPAN, A NOTE ON JAPANESE HISTORY, SHOGUN, DAIMYO, SAMURAI, NO [Noh] DRAMA &c. . With color fold-out plates. This is a valuable color-illustrated reference resource for doll collectors, students, museum curators, scholars and dealers. . The text covers various kinds of dolls, with commentaries on how they are used in festivals and in… Read More
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Dolls on Display; Japan in Miniature.

by G. Caiger

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Tokyo, Japan: Hokuseido Press, 1933 . 1st Edition. Japanese style. Fine. Bound in publisher's original Japanese style patterned cloth covered boards. Decorated endpapers with printed pper label on frony cover. Publisher's original printed pattern box is torn in corners. Book is in fine condition. Most pages contain photographs illustrating the high artistry of Japanese dolls.
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Dolls on Display: Japan in Miniature: Being an Illustrated Commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival by G. Caiger, F.R.G.S

by CAIGER, G

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Tokyo, Hokuseido Press [1933]., 1933. First edition. 4to. 4 color plates (2 are fold out) and 81 b/w photos. Original Japanese style purple silk binding. Fine copy. No signatures or bookplates. No foxing. Enclosed in the original box with large paper label.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.
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