Japanese Costume and the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition
Helen Benton Minnich
From dC&A Books, Crockett, CA, U.S.A.
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From dC&A Books, Crockett, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 01 April 2009
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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 JACKET CONDITION: VERY GOOD; 1/2" & 1/4" TEARS AT TOP EDGE AMONG OTHER LESSER AREAS OF EDGE WEAR. A NICE CLEAN COPY. Seller Inventory # 001440
Bibliographic Details
Title: Japanese Costume and the Makers of Its ...
Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo, Japan
Publication Date: 1963
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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