Japanese Architecture (Tourist Library: 7)
Published by Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, Tokyo, 1935
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: BriteBound Books, Chino Valley, AZ, U.S.A.BriteBound Books
AbeBooks seller since May 28, 2026
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 85.00
Quantity: 1 available
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PRE-WWII JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IMPRINT. Volume 7 of the Tourist Library, a 40-book series the Board of Tourist Industry published between 1934-1942 to introduce Western tourists to Japanese culture. Discontinued during WWII. Includes color frontispiece (Kasuga Gongen Reigen-Ki picture-scroll), many color and B&W architectural plates, 133 pages. The HARDCOVER-IN-CHITSU deluxe issue (most surviving copies are softcover; this case binding is uncommon). PROVENANCE: Harry Hartman, Seattle bookseller's sticker on front pastedown -- Harry Hartman (1920s-60s) was a legendary Seattle bookseller and founder of the Young Reader's Choice Award (1940). Penciled '$4' original Hartman shop price. Subject of dedicated marketing feature story at /stories/japanese-architecture-1935.html. Suggested asking price: $85. Condition: Good. Sourced from an Arizona estate and personally inspected. Ships from Prescott, AZ (BriteBound Books).
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Japanese Architecture (Tourist Library: 7)
- Author
- Prof. Hideto Kishida, D.Sc.
- Publisher
- Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, Tokyo
- Publication year
- 1935
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover/Hardback
- Seller catalogs
- REFERENCE / Architecture & Asian Studies
BriteBound Books
Chino Valley, AZ, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since May 28, 2026
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|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 7.00 | US$ 12.99 |
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