VG+ in glassine wrapper that is chipped; Illus. With color and sepia photographs; First; Softcover; 12mo; Org. Glassine. Seller Inventory # 12705
Title: Odori (Japanese Dance) : Tourist Library: 22
Publisher: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Gov't Rail., Tokyo, Japan
Publication Date: 1938
Binding: Softcover
Edition: First Edition.
Book Description PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). B&W and color illustrations (illustrator). 70pp. Seller Inventory # 073645
Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good (-). Dust Jacket Condition: Good (-). First Edition. All things about Japanese dance, written for the English-speaking traveler in Japan. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 83 numbered pp; TPB w/glassine. Pages: clean, bright, tight, color frontis; a.e. lt tanned, slight offsetting to title p. Cover: yapped tan wraps, color paster front, brown titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear, w/ yapped covers a bit worn as may be expected, spine and edges lt sunned, glassine tattered and torn. Seller Inventory # 035914
Book Description [Tokyo 1938], Board of Tourist Industry. Stiff wrs., 70p., color frontis, many half-tone illustrations, color paste-on plate on front cover, exceptionally bright,clean,smail stain on top front cover, else clean. * * RARE FIRST EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . AN EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH ON JAPANESE DANCE . * This monograph was part of a series of 40 individual monographs issued just prior to the beginning of World War II, but issued during Japan's aggression in China. . Each volume was written in English by the leading expert and authority on each subject. Each item is a gem of authentic information, an in-detailed study of the subject, comprehensive and nicely illustrated. . *** THE CONTENTS: . 1. A General survey of the Japanese dance: . . a. Introduction . 2. The Kabuki Dance: . . a. Varieties of the Kabuki Dance . b. The Kabuki dance and the music of the Samien . c. The stage for the Kabuki dance . d. Presenting the dramatic dance . e. The Kabuki actor as dancer . f. Choreographers ad their schools. . g. Education in the art of chancing, some practical aspect . h. The Geisya [Geisha] dance. . 3. Movements for the new Dance . a. Movements based upon the Kabuki dance b. Movements based upon the technique of Western dance . A comprehensive and useful work. . *** The front cover has a color illustration pasted on showing a Japanese dancer. . *** INDIVIDUAL COPY NOTES: . Copy 1: Excellent example, there is a small feint stain to top edge of front cover, else contents pristine. . * Copy 2: Red pen scribbling s, see individual copy description, contents after title page is pristine, no issues. . NOTE: ! ! This copy is sold "as is" and is NOT returnable or refundable, this is strictly a "reading copy" only, sold "with all faults." By ordering you accept these terms. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . ***. Seller Inventory # 84101201
Book Description Condition: VG. Tokyo 1938. Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways. 12mo., 70pp., illustrations, original decorated wraps. VG. Seller Inventory # a56396