Poet-Painter Buson by Suzuki, Susumu - 1958

Nihon Keizai Shimbun / Tokyo, 1958. First Edition, 1st Printing. Oversized Hardback.. Very good condition with lightly sunned book spine and uneven light sunning on front board and tiny bit of fraying down in left corner front board./No dust jacket.. Introduction in English, rest in Japanese. 36 pages of black & white plates and 35 full color tipped-in plates.

Tokyo, Japan: The Nihon Keizei Shimbun, 1958. Hardcover. VG. (light sunning to spine; smudge to top. few smudges to covers; worn areas to front cover. mild bumping to upper corners. plates have spotted, yellow foxing to their back pgs, few instances to front; instances to bw plate sections. ex-libris plate, & previous owners name to endpapers; previous bookstore price). burnt-orange cloth w/ debossed, reflective designs & Japanese script. approx 140 unpaginated pgs w/ 14 tipped-in plates; 3 smaller tipped-in & 100+ bw illustrations. Text primarily in Japanese. no dustjacket. Pages have instances of smudges or ink ghosting, but overall, clean & bright. Introduction in English. A nice copy and collection of Yosa Buson's work.

Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 1958 . FIRST IMPRESSION. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 1958 . FIRST IMPRESSION. 36 b/w plates and 35 tipped-in color plates. Unpaginated. Text in Japanese & English. Hardcover. Folio. Rust cloth. Spine slightly faded, with some flaking of the black ink from the title characters, and a very small nick at heel. Otherwise a tight, clean copy in a moderately faded slipcase. Very good+/No jacket issued. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply) (Insurance required to ship this item).