Katsura: Tradition and Creation in Japanese Architecture
by Walter Gropius, Kenzo Tange, Yasuhiro Ishimoto
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1960. 1st English Language Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/VG- (Very Good Minus). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Navy blue buckram with light toning along spine. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has minor edgewear and creasing, slightly sunned spine, and two 1" closed tears; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned. B/w photos. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Unpaginated.
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- Bookseller
- Albion Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002990
- Title
- Katsura: Tradition and Creation in Japanese Architecture
- Author
- Walter Gropius, Kenzo Tange, Yasuhiro Ishimoto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st English Language Edition
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 4.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Albion Books
Biblio member since 2021
Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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