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Catalogue of the Japanese Paintings and Prints in the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Gale (two volume set)
by Hillier, J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Rutland, VT; Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio. XVI, 286, [287]-567pp. Original full cloth with title in gold on spine in a brown title block. The set is housed in a brown paper covered slipcase titled in gilt with a color illustration of a Geisha mounted on front panel. One of the world's important collections of later Japanese art, beautifully presented in a handsome and scholarly catalogue designed by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Filled with color and b/w prints, as well as numerous fold-outs. This most valuable and comprehensive representation of Japanese painting contains an extensive bibliography, glossary, and index. Slight discoloration along fore-edge of slipcase, and closed tear along upper deck. Spines of bindings are slightly sunned with gold lettering partly faded on second volume. Slipcase and bindings in overall good+, interior in near fine to fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27688
- Title
- Catalogue of the Japanese Paintings and Prints in the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Gale (two volume set)
- Author
- Hillier, J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- Rutland, VT; Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Japanese painting, Later Japanese art, Art and culture in Imperial Japan, First edition, Illustrated, Reference
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- VG
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- Good+
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- Folio
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