Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. [Tokyo]: Yamagata Center (Produced by Kodansha), 1989. 349 pp. 41 x 31.5 cm. Indigo cloth covered boards with gilt titling to cover and spine, in a glossy white dustjacket with gold embossed titling, housed in a matching indigo cloth covered clamshell case with gilt titling to front and spine; illustrated with color images. Faint rubbing to case, which is consistent with minimal shelfwear. Slight bumps to some corners of case. Dustjacket and book are both free of damage or wear. Signed and inscribed to previous owners by Hiro Yamagata on front free endpaper in black felt tip pen. Binding firm. Due to the size and weight of this book (15 lb. 10 oz./ 7 kg. 80 g.), additional shipping may be required for expedited and international orders. . Signed by Artist. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Seller Inventory # 627340
Seller: Arcana: Books on the Arts, Culver City, CA, U.S.A.
Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 350pp, 404 illustrations in color and b&w. Take one of the world's most popular artists, mix in a no-expense spared flair for the grandiose, add a foreword by the Governator, and you have this extraordinarily massive tome - weighing in at about fifteen pounds! By far the most lavish book on Hiro Yamagata's work to date, this was privately printed for the Yamagata Center, and we suspect only available hors commerce. A most handsome example showing a few minor scuffs to the publisher's gilt-embossed, royal blue linen clamshell box. Artist Monograph. Seller Inventory # 005094
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Elephant Folio. 350pp. Original dustjacket over blue cloth with matching clamshell box, both with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece double-page color photograph. Comprehensive publication on the work of one of the most popular artists, lavishly produced with exhaustive color and b/w reproductions of Yamagata's paintings, drawings, watercolors, serigraphs, etc. throughout, including foldouts. Foreword by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Bibliography, list of plates, and title index at rear. Additional shipping required. Seller Inventory # 43918