Charles e tuttle co edition (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Reprint. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. Ill By Sunao Hironaka (illustrator).

Slim cloth-covered softcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Third printing. Very good condition. Grey cloth covers are fading. Some spots on initial pages. Half the book is devoted to vocabulary, the other half to conversational skills. Most of the Japanese appears in transliteration. Pocket size. 270 pp. Free of any markings, not ex-library. …

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Good. First edition, later printing. Inscription on the half title page. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean, no other markings found. Price clipped dust jacket bright with 2 one inch tears and a few small tears, all internally repaired, a small layer tear at the back, light scuffs and dents. Extremities lightly bumped with minimal tip wear.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Dust jacket is lightly bumped and worn at spine tips and corners. 243 pages with index and at least 163 illustrations.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very good with very good dust jacket in good to very good slipcase. Extensive writing on four blank pages at beginning and end of book concerning previous owner and a robbery. Writing on page 25 and plate 131.

A Hard Backed copy with Dust Jacket, both in Very Good condition, with Slip Case. Cloth boards divided into two sections, two thirds dark blue decorated and one third light blue plain,having the title and author in red lettering along the length of the front boards at the divide to the two sections. Title and author details to spine which is sunned. 168 Pages. Rice paper 'end papers'. Previous owner's name neatly written in ink to top of half title page. There are 168 Pages. with a coloured frontispiece - The Folk Art Map of Japan - and eighteen (18) other coloured plates together with many Gravure Plates. There is a preface by Soetsu Yanagi, founder and director of the Japan Folk Art Museum. The highly decorated Dust Jacket which is price clipped was designed by M Kuwata, based upon the folk-craft style of Kichiemon Okamura. The slip case is made of corrugated cardboard covered with brown paper and stapled. The paper is browned with a little loss to edge exposing the corrugated paper. It has a 'paste on' decorated label with the title and author. This book deals with a rediscovered branch of Japanese art which, in the straightforward beauty of its products is currently delighting the Western world. Although these folkcraft creations have their roots in the country's ancient and colourful art tradition, their unassuming grace make them unmistakably in harmony with modern functional design. Dr Munsterberg brings to his work the fruits of four years of study in Japan and a deep knowledge of Oriental culture, makes available for the first time in English a comprehensive guide and commentary on this significant branch of Japan's varied arts. The sparkling charm of a host of folk-craft creations - toys, pottery, baskets, lacquer ware, farmhouses, sculpture, to name but a few - is beautifully portrayed in a wealth of illustration and descriptive commentary, covering every important phase of folk art. Its early beginnings, its historical relationship to the culture of the ancient courts and cities, foreign influences,techniques of production, regional specialities and the spirit of folk art. …

Leinen, gebunden; dunkelbraunroter Einband, Rückengoldprägung / Anz. Seiten: 1107 / 16,5 x 23,5 cm / Zustand: gut, leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Einband mit Klarsichtklebefolie umhüllt, Schnitt etwas gebräunt und gering fleckig Sprache: en/ja.