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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 8vo. Signed 1st ed. 49pp. Illustrated silver rice paper boards. Color & B&W tipped in prints. Minor rubbing to board corners & at spine head & heel. Signed at title page. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Naigai Printing Co., LTD, Kyoto, Japan, 1960
Seller: Coalesce Bookstore, Morro Bay, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Silver rice paper boards with pasted on illustration. Light bumps and the front hinge is split from the bottom to halfway up on the outside. The split does not appear to go all the way through the board. Title page has a gift inscription from Christmas 1963. St. Mary's Academy The Dalles, Oregon is stamped on bottom of title page and last page. Photos available upon request. I highly recommend buyer opt for Priority Mail for this item. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.
Published by Naigai Printing Co, Kyoto, Japan, 1960
Seller: A Few Books More. . ., Billings, MT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. includes a "newly discovered Harunobu wood-block print, among others [5 more, plus one full page drawing] in this book." (illustrator). sm 4to, 49 pp. bound in Silver rice paper covered boards with a beautiful colored paper pastedown illustration. Assumed to be the First edition, 1st printing, dated 1960. No contrary information listed. All pages clean, crisp and bright, binding is square, and tight, corners bumped, edgewear along tip and bottom. Cellophane jacket, has three notable self-mending tears, one large chip is 3"by3". Tape on two tears and also holding front and rear flaps in place. Slight residue on front endpapers from previous owner's taped in name, glue dried and now loose. All plates securely in place. See photos. A very attractively produced book.
Published by Naigai, Kyoto, 1960
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Decorative silver boards with pictorial onlay. Inscribed/signed to the title page by Valla. Trace wear to board edges else tight and square. Tipped in illustrations. With original glassine DJ that is split along gutter. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 49 pages; Signed by Author.
Publication Date: 1960
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
VALLA, Alene. THE SECRET DIARY OF LADY TAKAYAMA. Kyoto: Printed by The Naigai Printing Company Limited, 1960. 49 pp. + color and b/w plates. Small 4to., silver paper covered boards with color pastedown illustration on front cover. Very good, corners slightly bumped, minor shelfwear, front flyleaf creased. Lovely color or monochrome plates tipped in on black paper mounts. Set in sixteenth century Japan.
Published by Naigai, 1960
Seller: Fantastic Book Discoveries, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. limited edition of 300 signed by author, edges of cover slightly worn (inv-19SP). Signed by Author(s).