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A Hundred Pictures of Daiku at Work. Two volumes.
by [Japan: Carpenters in art]. MURAMATSU, Teijiro
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Shinkenchiku Sha, (1974). First edition thus. Complete in two quarto volumes, one with 100 accordion folded plates on double leaves (26 in color); the other (47 pp plus folding timeline chart) providing descriptive text in Japanese with English translation. Publisher's gilt-threaded black silk with printed paper title labels on the upper covers, in folding sleeve & slipcase, both in matching black silk, the slipcase lettered in gilt on the spine, with printed paper title label on the upper cover.
Both volumes slightly soiled, small spot on the blank verso of the timeline in the text volume, sleeve & slipcase briefly soiled & lightly rubbed, otherwise Near Fine.
A one volume edition without English translation was published in 1973.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 791
- Title
- A Hundred Pictures of Daiku at Work. Two volumes.
- Author
- [Japan: Carpenters in art]. MURAMATSU, Teijiro
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Shinkenchiku Sha
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- (1974)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Japan, Carpenters in Art, Carpentry, Construction, Japanese Painting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Japan; Culture, Customs; Architecture;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Soiled
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