decorations claire simpson (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. with decorations by CLAIRE SIMPSON (illustratore). First Edition. Black hardcover with white spine title and small red Japanese character. Rubbed jacket in protective cover. About 10-1/4 x 7 with 216 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. A Few Color And B/W Illustrations (illustratore). 1st Edition. 216 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Red And White, Black Endpapers. First Printing. Near Fine, No Marks Or Wear, Paper Is Aging. Dust Jacket Priced $5.95, Light Wear, Minor Losses At Corners, Short Tears Around Spine Ends.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Illustrated by Claire Simpson (Decorations) (illustratore). First Edition. Black boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is not price-clipped. There is fading to the spine with invisible lettering. There is edge-wear and lossage to the dustjacket with a couple of tears which are partially repaired to the inside with clear archive tape. There is a small bump to the rear boards, the page fore-edges are tanned and the paper is uniformly cream. There is a small former owner's name and adress sticker to the bottom of the front paste-down. There is a very minor mark to the title page where an illustration on the opposite page has left an impression. There are No Inscriptions or other Marks. (14) + 248 pp. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. Overall, apart from the faults, as detailed above, this is a 'Good Plus' copy. "Presenting Japan as it is today, this is both a fascinating and an important book: fascinating in the picture it gives of the country and its people; important in its clarification of Japanese character and Japanese attitudes to the democratic ideal so alien to old Japan." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.