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Katsura: A Princely Retreat
by Nishikawa, Takeshi (Photography), Akira Naito (Text)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870112716
- ISBN 13
- 9780870112713
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International Ltd. , 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 182 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has a few lamination issues, otherwise very good—no rips or tears. Textured gray cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine, blind-stamped design on front cover board. A touch of tanning to edges, pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Spine straight. In excellent condition. Naito traces the historical story of Katsura, while photographer, Nishikawa worked for five years to put together this visual portrait. Record # 32859
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32859
- Title
- Katsura: A Princely Retreat
- Author
- Nishikawa, Takeshi (Photography), Akira Naito (Text)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0870112716
- ISBN 13
- 9780870112713
- Publisher
- Kodansha International Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo, Japan
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Architecture, Japan, , .
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
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