Loti Pierre Text (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. No. 709 of 1000 copies. Octavo bound in yellow cloth at spine & patterned, paper-covered boards. Color frontispiece; B&W etchings. Condition: spine cloth soiled; minor rubbing & wear to binding; else very good. Pages: xii, 330.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. 12mo. in tan cloth binding with gilt lettering & ornamentation; beveled edges to covers. B&W illustrations. Condition: minor soiling & rubbing to binding; endpapers tanned; minor insect damage to fore-edge of book block; else good. 343 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A first American edition containing 112 pages of beautiful photographs. Photos reproduced from the collection of the Societe de Geograhie in Paris. Unclipped dust jacket has a small dog ear on rear flap as well as a 1/4" closed tear. A very nice copy with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted please inquire.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 26 x 28.5 cm.; 1 kg.; 112 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket shows minor edge wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover, and two tiny tear at the top of the spine. Interior in very good condition with minor signs of wear.; IIn 1573, the Tokugawa Shogunate came to power and banished foreigners from Japan. Totally isolated for the next 250 years, Japan became, for Westeners, a lost civilization; a remote island kingdom shrouded in mist and legend evoking whispered images of another time. In 1853, Japan let down the barriers. The world finally could see what it had only imagined. Among the early arrivals were three little known artists: photographers Felice Beato and Baron Raimund von Stillfried, and the novelist Pierre Loti. Their work caused an immediate sensation throughout Europe, giving birth to the Western fascination and obsession with Japan. is easy to see why. In the photographs of Beato and Stillfried, a legend comes to life. Whether the subjects are fishmongers or princes, grocers or samurai, everything is strange, mysterious, alluring. The simple, direct photography overlaid with stylized, exquisitely subtle hand coloring imparts an aura of enchantment to everything. Myth and reality become one. Pierre Loti adds a bittersweet poignancy to the photographs. By the time Loti arrived in Japan, the old world was rapidly disappearing. One gets the sense in his writing of someone desperately holding on to a lovely dream as it slowly fades from memory. That dream lives again in this superbly produced book (originally published in France). The vivid images of this strange and wonderful civilization dazzle the eyes and seize the imagination. These are photo- graphs from another time. And another world.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. Publishers Pictorial Boards as Issued. A VERY GOOD Book. Small Dent at Spine Edge. A Few Minor Bumps to Edges. Front Endpaper Clipped at Top Corner. NO Inscriptions. A SCARCE Photography Book. PBFA Member. We Welcome Direct Contact With Our Customers. Contact Neil Ewart Rare Books If You Require Any Further Information or Images.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. French text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket).; 26 x 28 cm.; 1 kg.; 112 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior shows minor edge wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. Interior in very good condition with minor signs of wear.; Originally published in 1984 under the title Mukashi Mukashi, this publications focuses on the splendors of Japan between 1863 and 1883 through the splendid photographs of Felice Beato and Raimund von Stillfried accompanied by texts by Pierre Loti.…