Japanese Architecture (Tourist Library: 7)

Published by Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, Tokyo, 1935

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PRE-WWII JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IMPRINT. Volume 7 of the Tourist Library, a 40-book series the Board of Tourist Industry published between 1934-1942 to introduce Western tourists to Japanese culture. Discontinued during WWII. Includes color frontispiece (Kasuga Gongen Reigen-Ki picture-scroll), many color and B&W architectural plates, 133 pages. The HARDCOVER-IN-CHITSU deluxe issue (most surviving copies are softcover; this case binding is uncommon). PROVENANCE: Harry Hartman, Seattle bookseller's sticker on front pastedown -- Harry Hartman (1920s-60s) was a legendary Seattle bookseller and founder of the Young Reader's Choice Award (1940). Penciled '$4' original Hartman shop price. Subject of dedicated marketing feature story at /stories/japanese-architecture-1935.html. Suggested asking price: $85. Condition: Good. Sourced from an Arizona estate and personally inspected. Ships from Prescott, AZ (BriteBound Books).

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Bibliographic details

Title
Japanese Architecture (Tourist Library: 7)
Author
Prof. Hideto Kishida, D.Sc.
Publisher
Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, Tokyo
Publication year
1935
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover/Hardback
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