Sonobe Kiyoshi (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised, single-volume edition, 516 pages, index, countless b + w photographs, small illustrations; a few in color. Appears to be organized by section, district of toy production. Older book is solid with some normal wear from age; some age-toning to the pages, mild reading wear. Some fading to the cloth (satin-like) binding; some discoloration, rubbing, few scratches. While the jacket is bright in protective mylar sleeve, it is in about 'good plus' condition with several tears, chips along edges -- some tape-repaired -- and creasing along inside flap. The binding is solid, but is still an older, slightly fragile book. Very nice. ct. …

Tela con Sobrecubierta. Condition: Normal. 97 pp/ Reportaje fotografico/ A-156/ TC/ Size: 25.5x24.5. Libro.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Translated by Charles A. Pomeroy. DJ intact; initial sales price ($17.50) provided. Some foxing on the top edge. Text is clean and pages unmarked. 516 pages. Measures 7.5" x 10.25". Lavishly illustrated with numerous drawings and photographs in black-and-white by Kiyoshi SONOBE, and decorated endpapers. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Near Fine in a Very Good+ DJ. Kiyoshi SONOBE (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardcover in excellent condition: slight handling, edges slightly faded, gift inscription on the front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. The dust jacket is merely fair with edge chips and tears, and yet presentable in a clear, removeable cover. 516 pages, with illustrations throughout. Only standard/slow USA shipment available. [3.9 lbs]. Book.…

Small quarto, fine blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 516pp, illus, VG (some soiling to board edges & spine extrems, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, G+ (some bruising & creasing to edges & corners, untidy tears to rear upper edge repaired with sellotape, untidy T tear to front lower edge repaired with archival tape, several other small closed tears to edges, two small holes punched to front flap, some foxing & tanning).…

Condition: BUONO USATO. Da revisionare INTERLINGUE In giapponese ed inglese, rilegatura editoriale rigida, cartonata, color argento con titoli marroni al piatto e al dorso, sovraccoperta illustrare in entrambi i piatti, leggermente ingiallita e con tracce di polvere, all'interno pagine profusamente illustrate e leggermente ingiallite ai bordi. Numero pagine 97.…

Condition: Good. 4to. 516 pp. Very Good, slight wear, small tears to top edge of dust jacket. Blue cloth with faux gilt lettering on spine. B/W plates with yellow chapter dividers. Heavy book, may require additional shipping cost.

paperbound, 4to 160 pp., ca. 150 ills. Japanese photography; text in Japanese; very good condition.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Condition: Fine. Volume: 1.

Hardcover. [7.5x10.5] 516pp., 394 illus. Light shelfwear, inked name/date, else very good, clean and sound condition / corners clipped on front flap, chipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American. sm 4to, bound in blue silk. exterior shows some wear. corners are sharp, a bump to one side of top of spine. Interior clean, no names, marks. Toys are gathered and described by region (six). Dust Jacket: lower corner price clipped. US Price of $17.50 remains. has several tears along top edge, no longer than an inch. Bottom edge has one notable tear about 1.25". Chipping is confined to top fore-corners. Colors bright. This is [the first] English Edition with Revised text, September, 1965, Printed in Japan. Photographs By Kiyoshi Sonobe: 12 color plates and 400 full page gravure illustrations (illustrator).…

cloth, dustjacket, 8vo 112 pp., ca. 100 ills. text in Japanese; photography of Japanese countryside and agriculture; very good condition.

art. leather, dustjacket, small 4to 114 pp., ca. 100 ills. black-and-white photography of the Japanese countryside; text in Japanese; very good condition.

Hardcover in Fine Box. Condition: Fine Like New. Fine Like New D. J. First English Edition. CLEAN Fine like NEW 1965 First English Edition revised with Fine like NEW dust jacket in fine box. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Condition: Fine. Size: 26x19.5x1.5cm each Number of books: 6 books.

Oversize Cloth with Dj. 1st Revised English Edition. Remarkable book on the history of Japanese toys that was originally published in Japan in 6 parts, and published here for the 1st time in one volume. Illustrated with nearly 400 full page gravure photos and twelve color plates with sections on the different districts the toys come from. Fine/fine. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1962-1963. First Edition. 91, 91, 96, 97, 95, 94p. Six volumes. A fine set, in very good d.j.s., the spines of which are discolored, one vol. has some rubbing on the front side of the spine edge and another is slightly worn at the top. There are 394 full-page photographic illustrations, six in color and the rest in black-and-white. Aside from the jacket title, this set is entirely in Japanese. Size: 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 40 pages of photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 158 pages, chiefly illustrations (some color). Somewhat shelfworn. Book and dust jacket are both very good. Slipcase is sound but is worn, rubbed, and unevenly sun-faded at edges. Nihon no Tako (1970), by Yusaku Tawara with photographs by Kiyoshi Sonobe, is part of the postwar movement to document regional Japanese folk crafts, including kite-making traditions that were increasingly threatened by urbanization and industrialized toys. Scholars such as Cecile Laly cite the book as a valuable primary source for understanding regional kite forms and techniques, situating it within the broader mingei-influenced effort of the 1960s-70s to record and preserve traditional crafts. See Laly, Cecile. TAKO - Cerfs-volants japonais traditionnels: La collection du musee du quai Branly. Research Note, 2014; Laly, Cecile. "Nihon no tako (Les cerfs-volants du Japon)." 124 Revue, November 2013. Kiyoshi Sonobe (illustrator).…