Japanese Costume and the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition
by Helen Benton Minnich
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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Crockett, California, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 374 Pp. FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING 1963. "THE PICTURE I WOULD LIKE TO PAINT IS NOT JUST THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE COSTUME BUT THE PANORAMIC HUMAN BACKGROUND AGAINST WHICH THAT HISTORY IS TRACED... MY DESIRE IS TO PASS ON TO OTHER WESTERNERS A WARMER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE AS IT HAS BEEN WOVEN AND DYED IN THE BRIGHT SILKEN FABRICS THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS PRODUCED TO SUPERLATIVELY AND WORN SO HANDSOMELY--AND LOVED SO WELL." ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS HALF/FULL PAGE COLOR AND BLACK/WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. DESCRIPTION: WHITE/EGGPLANT PUBLISHERS CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT STAMPED TITLE ON SPINE, COLOR AND BLACK/WHITE FULL AND 1/2 PLATES THROUGHOUT BOOK, COLOR ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. DIMENSIONS: 10 1/4" x 7 1/2" x 1 1/2." CONDITION: FINE, STRONG/SQUARE SPINE, CRISP CLEAN AND BRIGHT TEXT PAGES. DUST JACKET CONDITION: VERY GOOD; 1/2" & 1/4" TEARS AT TOP EDGE AMONG OTHER LESSER AREAS OF EDGE WEAR. A NICE CLEAN COPY.
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- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001440
- Title
- Japanese Costume and the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition
- Author
- Helen Benton Minnich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Charles E. Tuttle Co.
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo, Japan
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 374
- Keywords
- Asian
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
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De Coux and Associates Books
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