Japanese Costume and the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition by Minnich, Helen Benton - 1963

Rutland: Tuttle, 1963. First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine. Royal 8vo, cloth in publisher's cardboard slipcase, in homemade dust jacket. Book about fine, slipcase VG. 374 pp, illustrated, some in color.

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co.. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1963. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall OFFICEDESK-Near fine larger hardcover, minor edge wear in a nf jacket. Slipcase is about very good. silver w/red & black lettering .

Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1963. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket and Good slipcase. 26.5 x 18.5 cm. 374pp. Purple and white cloth in dust jacket and cardboard slipcase. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Fold-out frontispiece and additional color and black and white illustrations throughout. There is a crease to the frontispiece. Jacket is price clipped at top and bottom of front flap and shows some tears and edgewear. Some soiling to the slipcase.

Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Publ, 1963. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. near fine in near fine dust jacket, enclosed in publisher's illustrated cardboard slipcase; lite creasing/wrinkling to rear free endpaper, minor soiling to front flap of jacket else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket with slipcase

North Clarendon, Vermont, U.S.A.: Tuttle Publishing Company. FINE clean Hard cover like NEW with like dust jacket in near fine slip case. Large book and may require extra postage. No AMAZON international order on this title. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . Fine Like New. Hard Cover With NF Slip Case. Second Printing. 1986.

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0804802874 . Stunning purple and white cover designed by M. Kuwata, on this tightly bound hardback. Contains 53 plates in full color and 119 in black and white, Glossary, Bibliography and Index. Bookseller sticker to FFEP but no other marks. Very light foxing to top and fore edges. Binding is clean with no wear. Unclipped DJ has no wear. Protective slipcase is lightly rubbed. Digital photos available. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 374 pages .

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1963. 1st printing (Stated), in original clipcase which is in good+ condition with some edgewear and general rubbing; dj w/lite wear only, unclipped price, , lovely purple and white c w/decorative boards, silver gilt titles; 374 clena, unmarked pages/bibliography/index; SIGNED & Insc Author w/twoother inscriptions in French. SIGNED & Insc Author. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Color & b&w. 4 vo.

New York: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1963.. Monograph.

Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 374 Pp. FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING 1963. "THE PICTURE I WOULD LIKE TO PAINT IS NOT JUST THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE COSTUME BUT THE PANORAMIC HUMAN BACKGROUND AGAINST WHICH THAT HISTORY IS TRACED... MY DESIRE IS TO PASS ON TO OTHER WESTERNERS A WARMER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE AS IT HAS BEEN WOVEN AND DYED IN THE BRIGHT SILKEN FABRICS THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS PRODUCED TO SUPERLATIVELY AND WORN SO HANDSOMELY--AND LOVED SO WELL." ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS HALF/FULL PAGE COLOR AND BLACK/WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. DESCRIPTION: WHITE/EGGPLANT PUBLISHERS CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT STAMPED TITLE ON SPINE, COLOR AND BLACK/WHITE FULL AND 1/2 PLATES THROUGHOUT BOOK, COLOR ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. DIMENSIONS: 10 1/4" x 7 1/2" x 1 1/2." CONDITION: FINE, STRONG/SQUARE SPINE, CRISP CLEAN AND BRIGHT TEXT PAGES. DUST… Read More