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Woodblock prints book
by Miyagawa Shuntei
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Matsuki Heikichi, Japan. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. MIYAGAWA SHUNTEI. Book of woodblock prints published in Japan by Matsuki Heikichi, circa 1900. Octavo, accordion-fold with 14 double-page color prints (displaying illustrations no matter which side you open the book), cloth-covered boards with a paper label on the front. Prints are 14 x 9.5 inches or 36x24cm. Shuntei (1873-1914) specialized in quiet illustrations of women and children, so the present book is typical of him, beautifully colored and exquisitely printed, showing women individually and in small groups. Most are outdoors in contemplative settings, either domestic or in nature. Condition of this book: Overall near fine with a few unwelcome little marks, slight age-toning. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text is in Japanese. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Japan; 1900-1920; Japanese Language; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55475. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55475
- Title
- Woodblock prints book
- Author
- Miyagawa Shuntei
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Matsuki Heikichi
- Place of Publication
- Japan
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Art & Design; Japan; 1900-1920; Japanese Language; Antiquarian & Rare. Unbranded Miyagawa Shuntei Woodblock prints book
Terms of Sale
Rarities etc.
We accept returns for any reason, with a money-back guarantee and a reasonable allowance for your return shipping costs via U.S. Postal Service.
About the Seller
Rarities etc.
Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
About Rarities etc.
Rarities specializes in photos, prints and art and photography books. We also offer vintage oddities.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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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