Ehon Taka Kagami (The Mirror of Hawks)
by Kawanabe, Kyosai
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Gloucestershire, UK: The Falconry Center. Very Good. 1951. 1st Thus. Softcover. Reprint of the original Japanese picture book that was first published about 1840. This reprint was done for The Falconry Center in Gloucestershire, UK and printed in 1951. The reprint contains reproductions of all the original artwork and Japanese "sub-titles". Art in black and white. This book runs through the whole gamut of falconry in Japan, but is concerned only with Goshawks, not with any of the Falcons. In Japanese except for 1 introductory page in English. Small square of glue residue on English language introductory page where a previous owner removed a price sticker from a previous seller. Bound in stiff paper wrappers. Very small spot of dampstaining near top edge of front cover - no other dampstaining anywhere else. Covers a bit age darkened. Corners bumped. Interior art and Japanese characters clean and bright. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81373
- Title
- Ehon Taka Kagami (The Mirror of Hawks)
- Author
- Kawanabe, Kyosai
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Falconry Center
- Place of Publication
- Gloucestershire, UK
- Date Published
- 1951
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...