Hardcover
1973 · Tokyo
by Mochizuki, Shinjo
Tokyo: Sansaisha, Sh wa 48, 1973. Hardcover. VG, clean, tight contents; covers have light shelf wear and some fading at edges; small bump to lower outer corner; thumb darkening to lower outer page corners.. Spring Green cloth/boards. Gilt Japanese lettering on spine. No dust jacket. 304 pp. with beautiful, illustrated rice-paper frontis over title page. 100 color/bw full-page glossy plates, single-sided; several bw illustrations within text. 8-page folded pamphlet laid in listing the objects in English. ENTIRE TEXT IN JAPANESE, except for the laid-in list of objects, in English. The pictures are in the universal language! Beautiful plates and what looks to be a very thorough catalogue, along with an introductory essay. With an index.
(Inventory #: 158527)