Click for full-size.
Images from the Floating World - The Japanese Print; Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e
by Lane, Richard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1568524811
- ISBN 13
- 9781568524818
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Konecky & Konecky, 1978. First Edition. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. XL. Book is as-new black fine cloth covers, sliver lettering at spine. Excellent condition in every respect with no blemishes of any kind. Previous owner's name and phone number on front endpaper. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear only, no tears or chipping. An encyclopedic reference to the subject, at 364 pages, book is divided between two roughly equal sections with different paper used in each. The first is in four sections: Early genre painting and the rise of Ukiyo-e, The primitives and the first centry of Ukiyo-e 1660 - 1765 The golden age of the color print 1765 - 1810, & Hokusai, Hiroshige and the Japanese landscape 1810 - 1880. 2nd section comprises the Illustrated dictionary of Ukiyo-e, in which illustrations go to b&w. In business for 20 years, we provide excellent customer service and ship in packing material appropriate to assure your package arrives undamaged.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Pistil Books Online
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133300
- Title
- Images from the Floating World - The Japanese Print; Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e
- Author
- Lane, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Oversize Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1568524811
- ISBN 13
- 9781568524818
- Publisher
- Konecky & Konecky
- Place of Publication
- Old Saybrook, Connecticut, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- XL
- Keywords
- Japan, Prints, woodcuts, Hokusai, Hiroshige, landscape, Ukiyo-e, Floating World, Prints, Kabuki, Sumo, Erotica, geisha, Courtesans
- Bookseller catalogs
- Japan;
Terms of Sale
Pistil Books Online
The best way to contact us is through email. We will return phone messages within 24 hours. You may also order directly through our website, www.pistilbooks.net. We accept checks and VISA, Mastercard, Discover, American Express and PayPal.
About the Seller
Pistil Books Online
Biblio member since 2003
Seattle, Washington
About Pistil Books Online
Pistil Books started in 1993 as a retail store. We are now operating completely online. We carry books in all fields, with an emphasis on art, how-to, and scholarly non-fiction titles. Quick service. Foreign orders. 24 hour response. Accurate descriptions, Excellent packaging. New titles added daily.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting BiblioMysteries
Want to get meta? Bibliomysteries are mystery stories which deal in some significant way with books and the world associated with books. Browse this fascinating subgenre of mystery novels.
Collecting Nebula Award Winners of the 1970s
The Nebula Award has been awarded to stories in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre every year since 1966. Learn about the winners of the 1970s!
