9784763099068 (2 results)

Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A bilingual edition in English and in Japanese. Presumed first printing of the first English language edition. Printed and bound in Japan. Published March 17, 1999. 11.75 x 8.5 inches. Bound Kelly green cloth, with front board in ecru silk-like fabric. Crisp gilt titling to the spine. Unbumped spine head and tail, and sharp corners. Immensely clean binding, protected by an onion-skin paper wrapper. Text block firmly bound in. With 267 numbered pages, on heavy-duty, semi-glossy stock. With 238 full-color plates, mostly full-page, illustrating ikebana arrangements. A strikingly clean interior; the book almost certainly unread, and the text block still tight. With a slipcase of light gray cloth with crisp black titling to the spine, then encased in a protective slipcase of plain cardboard, with a pristine label to the front. A Fine copy in Fine slipcases. Gift quality. 4 lbs. 8 oz. With a special section on Seika arrangement and the basic five styles of arrangement. "Time and again one will be taken aback by the profundity in Seika's finesse and fascinated by its elegance.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Unclipped translucent paper. Japanese and English; tr. Grace K. Yashio; 267 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on fine paper without age-toning; 218 full-page, full-color plates with captions; photographer Mikio Matsuo; binding tight; silk-covered boards are flawless, perfectly protected by translucent paper wrapper, somewhat creased and with one-inch closed tear along spine, and two slipcases--the first also without discernible wear and the second with only minimal wear. T.O.C.: Foreword in Japanese and English; Plates; Explanation of Seika Arrangements; Terminology Of Seika; Basics Of Seika; The Evolution Of Seika; The Producers Of Flower Vases; The Author's Brief Comments On His Arrangements; Author's Background.9" x 12".