JAPANESE TREASURE TALES.
by Tomita, Kumasaku and G. Ambrose Lee
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Ex-library with some markings, and some scattered foxing, especially on the tissue guards - but still a sturdy and appealing vol
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
London and Osaka, Japan:: Yamanaka & Co,, n.d.(1906). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with some markings, and some scattered foxing, especially on the tissue guards - but still a sturdy and appealing volume. . First edition. A collection of the traditional tales whose themes and subjects are often depicted in Japanese art, including netsuke. Thirty-seven illustrations including a color frontispiece "The Ama and The Jewel" and 14 black and white plates all with tissue guards. (x), 96 pp. Bound in the original olive green cloth with gilt lettering and a blindstamped design on front cover.
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- Seller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 87367
- Title
- JAPANESE TREASURE TALES.
- Author
- Tomita, Kumasaku and G. Ambrose Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-library with some markings, and some scattered foxing, especially on the tissue guards - but still a sturdy and appealing vol
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yamanaka & Co,
- Place of Publication
- London and Osaka, Japan:
- Date Published
- n.d.(1906)
- Keywords
- art, asian,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mythology, legends, fairy tales and folktales;
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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