Hillier scott (9 resultados)

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by author. First edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. this copy has a solid tight binding with clean unmarked pages.SIGNED by Scott Hastings on the FFEP. Signed by Author.

PF. Condición: New.

Paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First edition. A smart collection of four illustrated volumes on the history of Japan, exploring their discovery of Europe, the Geisha girl, rebuilding post-war, and printing. Four volumes. First edition. This set contains: The Japanese Discovery of Europe: Honda Toshiaki and Other Discoverers 1720-1798, 1952. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven full-page images, and a map. Collated complete. Exploring the group of Japanese intellectuals who, rebelling against the isolation of their country at the time, turned to Europe and the Dutch traders permitted to visit Japan for inspiration. With specific commentary on Honda Toshiaka and his writings. Written by Donald Lawrence Keene, an American-born Japanese scholar, historian, teacher, writer and translator of Japanese literature. The Flower and Willow World: The Story of the Geisha Girl, 1959. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, sixteen plates, and six line drawings. Collated complete. A fascinating account of the history of the geisha in Japan: a role that has frequently been misunderstood by Westerners. Describing the development, social background, training and accomplishments of the geisha, as well as her costume and hairstyle. Written by A. C. Scott, a British author and R.A.F. Officer who later became a professional artist and journalist. The Flowery Sword: Travels in Japan, 1960. With a map to the front of the text. A penetrating look at post-war Japan, based on the author's own observations of the country as she travelled, third-class and alone, across the country from Hokkaido to Nagasaki. Written by Ethel Edith Mannin, a popular British novelist and travel writer, anti-fascist activist and anarchist. The Japanese Print: A New Approach, 1960. Illustrated with sixty-four plates. Collated complete. Written due to a revival of interest in Japanese Art, this work is an authority piece on the printmaking of Japanese artists through history and in modern times. With chapters on the Ukiyo-e School, Kabuki Theatre, picture books, bird and flower prints, and the art of Surimono, amongst others. Written by Jack Ronald Hillier, a British scholar of Japanese art. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and minor fading to the extremities. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than The Japanese Discovery of Europe and The Flower and Willow World which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. The Japanese Discovery of Europe and The Flower and Willow World have been laminated due to small closed tears to the panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good. Not Stated (ilustrador). book.…

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Peterborough: Pigin, 2000. Second edition, in three volumes arranged as two books (pp. xii, 336, obit, notice, index; xiv, 154; update). Octavo (22 cm) in blue publisher's cloth, Supplement in stiff wraps; gilt titles to cover and spine. Williamson originally published the first volume in 1968. Part II and the Supplement (or Update) was edited and arranged by Jones, with a contribution by the well known journalist Scott Young, a native of the area. Condition: As new. A scarce local history.…