Order Total (1 Item Items):
Shipping Destination:
Southern Cross, Ltd (1 results)
Skip to main search results
Product Type
- All Product Types
- Books (1)
- Magazines & Periodicals
- Comics
- Sheet Music
- Art, Prints & Posters
- Photographs
- Maps
-
Manuscripts &
Paper Collectibles
Condition
- All Conditions
- New
- Used
Binding
- All Bindings
- Hardcover
- Softcover
Collectible Attributes
- First Edition
- Signed
- Dust Jacket
- Seller-Supplied Images
- Not Printed On Demand
Seller Location
Seller Rating
-
Invitation to Jewellery
Published by NP ND, Tokyo
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Seller Rating:
Hardcover. Condition: vg. 64 leaves resting in cream stiff paper folding map with matching sturdy cardboard slipcase. Leaves additionally protected by silver paper folder and decorative parchment paper. Title gold-stamped on folder and on slipcase front and spine. 60 of the leaves are illustrated with various types of jewelry which were offered at the Southern Cross jewelry store in Tokyo. Verso of plate illustrated with photographic color reproductions of stunning jewelry, recto with same image printed smaller in b/w. Black & white illustrations with short description, as well as diamond carat information of each piece. Five plates are reproductions of color photographs showing a Japanese beauty with diamonds in wedding gown, two plates depict the interior and layout of the store in Tokyo (these printed on verso only). One text page with introduction in English by Tadashi Sekiyama, the Chairman of the company. "In its search for the essential beauty inherent in necklaces, bracelets and earrings, Southern Cross has drawn on international know-how and studied world-wide taste in design, and has succeeded in perfecting high-class jewellery which ranks with the best in the world. The traditional Japanese art of high quality metal-engraving has been combined with the distinctive Japanese manual dexterity, delicate sensitivity, and quiet perseverance to produce rare masterpieces of exquisite beauty." Rare portfolio showing images of luxurious Japanese, German, French, Italian and American jewelry. Some scuffing and staining on slipcase. Small abrasion on lower right corner of slipcase due to previously present sticker. Head and tail of slipcase spine bumped and slightly chipped. Minor staining on folder. Two-inch tear on inner edge of parchment paper, top edge slightly creased. Plates in near fine condition. Scarce.
