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Floating World: Japan In The Edo Period (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JOHN REEVE)
de Reeve, John
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0714124346
- ISBN 13
- 9780714124346
- Librería
-
Margate, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: British Museum Press, 2006. NrF/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in d/w price clipped. Inscription reads, 'for Josephine/KEEP ON FLOATING!/love & best wishes/from/John/10.12'. Profusely illustrated with forty-five colour Japanese illustrations. Ukiyo - the floating world - is the name given to a remarkable phenomenon that began seventeenth-century Edo (modern Tokyo). The floating world has been described as a state of mind, 'living only for the moment, singing songs, drinking wine and diverting ourselves', as well as a world of licensed pleasure-seeking which promised release from the restraints imposed on life in a highly regulated urban society. The pleasure districts of old Edo included colourful kabuki as well as luxurious shops where the work of screen printers and laquer craftsmen was displayed. Light bruising to tail of spine; else a near fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JOHN REEVE.. Presentation Copy Signed And Inscribed By Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Fine.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Greystone Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 19208
- Título
- Floating World: Japan In The Edo Period (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JOHN REEVE)
- Autor
- Reeve, John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Edición
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0714124346
- ISBN 13
- 9780714124346
- Editorial
- British Museum Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2006
- Palabras clave
- Signed. Autographed. Japan. Art. Japanese Art. Japan Floating World. Japan Edo Period. Ukiyo. Japanese History. History.
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Art;
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Sobre el vendedor
Greystone Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Margate
Sobre Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
