Kabuki isho to funso [Kabuki Costumes and Make-ups]
Hardcover
1957
by Hiroshi Soma and Kiyonobu Torii
Kodansha, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 4to. Bound in purple pictorial cloth, laid into gray folding case with ivory clasps. 172 pp. Text in Japanese, with a 17 pp. English-language supplement included. Lavishly illustrated with color tipped-in plates with tissue guards, as well as black and white illustrations in the text. Front free endpaper and half title with light foxing. Gutter partially exposed at p. 66. Book otherwise with minimal wear. Slipcase with light shelfwear, as well as some sun-fading to spine and edges, and some foxing to the inside. Old dealer number penciled in corner of case, and inside the front cover of the supplement and the book. Overall very good with faults as noted. Scarce. (Inventory #: 428548)