Japanese Lacquer Ware ["Tourist Library" Vol. 25]

Yoshino, Tomio

Published by Japan Travel Bureau, Tokyo, 1959

About this Item

FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION hardcover, sewn-bound in brown cloth, with dark brown lettering on front cover and spine, is in VG condition, having a small bump to front cover top corner (see photo); interior pages have normal age-toning; tasteful sticker of U. S. importer company at top of first fixed endpaper; faint "ghost" of erased old penciled price at top right of first free endpaper; light foxing to endpaper sections. Book is illustrated with one color photograph (frontispiece), and 107 b&w photographs. The book is small, measuring approx. 5 1/4 inches wide,by 7 1/2 inches tall. Dust jacket, enclosed in protective mylar (mylar not pictured), is in FAIR condition, having abrasion near top of jacket spine (see photo); some impression marks on front cover near spine; price-clipped; wear to edges, especially spine and flap folds; rubbing/scuffing to surface; b&w photo of author Tomio Yoshino on back flap. This book gives "complete information on Japanese lacquer art: the characteristics and history of lacquer ware--from its early stages to the present day--and the materials and methods of making lacquer ware"---from DJ. Art. Lacquer ware. Japan. History and techniques. DB[6].

Seller Inventory # 2379

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Japanese Lacquer Ware ["Tourist Library" Vol. 25]
• Publisher: Japan Travel Bureau, Tokyo
• Publication Date: 1959
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Weight: 10 ounces