Dessin - Volumes 1 through 12
by Katsuyasu Akiyama
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Pleasanton, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Takamatsu City, Japan: Honranshyoku, 1985-1988. 32 pp. each volume. 2 1/4 x 2 3/8". LIMITED EDITION of 288 copies, numbers not matched. Printed cloth covers and slipcases, accordion fold pages with tissue guards laid in for most illustrations, illustrated throughout, in fine condition. Erotic line drawings of nude women, drawn from life. A particularly scarce set, with no copies of any of the volumes located in auction records or currently in on-line marketplaces. No complete sets (which would be 20 volumes in total) noted in any of the major institutional collections of miniature books
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Lair, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BL-001624
- Title
- Dessin - Volumes 1 through 12
- Author
- Katsuyasu Akiyama
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Honranshyoku
- Place of Publication
- Takamatsu City, Japan
- Date Published
- 1985-1988
- Keywords
- miniature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
The Book Lair, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
The Book Lair, ABAA
Biblio member since 2015
Pleasanton, California
About The Book Lair, ABAA
The Book Lair deals in rare and/or interesting items in many fields with a focus on Miniature Books and Modern Firsts. We are especially interested in unique cookbooks, children's books, Californiana, Edward Gorey, John Steinbeck, Stephen King, and Ian Fleming/James Bond Books.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
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- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...