Japanese Temples: Sculpture, Paintings, Gardens, and Archtecture
by Kidder, J. Edward Jr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tacoma, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo and Amsterdam: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha and Harry N. Abrams Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. No date(1964), brown silk covered boards, bright gilt lettering on front and spine, 554 pages, introduction, bibliography. Photographs throughout the main body of text by Tatsuzo Sato, Shihachi Fujimoto, Yoshio Watanabe, Ken Domon, Yasukichi Irie, Yukio Futagawa. Stain on the upper rear corner though well protected otherwise by the original acetate cover, minor wear to a few page corners/edges. On the front endpaper in ink is "Donated to [Greater)? Lutheran Library In Memory of Helen Zander, March 1992. Slipcase is structurally sound, though well marred with dents, gouges and rubbing on the edges, spine and corners. Printed on the slipcase is International Book Society and Time Life Books- as described by another vendor leading to a small mystery....
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- Bookseller
- Else Fine Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002005
- Title
- Japanese Temples: Sculpture, Paintings, Gardens, and Archtecture
- Author
- Kidder, J. Edward Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha and Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo and Amsterdam
- Keywords
- Japan
Terms of Sale
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Else Fine Booksellers
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Tacoma, Washington
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- 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....
- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...