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Hon No Bunka Shi, by Sensui Shoji, signed copy, circa 1969, The Cultural History of the book

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Original price $119.00 - Original price $119.00
Original price
$119.00
$119.00 - $119.00
Current price $119.00

Hon No Bunka Shi, by Sensui Shoji, signed copy, 1969, The Cultural History of the book

Published by Kuribayashi Etsuro, 1969. Original first edition appears to have been in 1903.

A beautifully inscribed copy by the author.

Fine condition.

Outer card printed slipcase. Book wrapped in outer semi-transparent simulator/rice paper. Cover in red cloth with gilt to spine. Fine condition throughout - minor staining to fore edge of text (not affecting interior at all). Occasional neat ink translation by the owner on a few pages

Book is beautifully inscribed in Japanese to first free end paper, then in English overleaf. 
Inscribed in 1974 to the owner by the author.

284pp.

Slipcase Dimensions:
20.2cm high x 14.3cm wide x 2.3cm deep.

貴重な日本の美術本