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Tokyo: East-West, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Good+ to very good condition. Small Quarto. Unpaginated. Original decorative tan batik cloth with black lettering on debossed brown paper label of cover. Beautiful photographic essay on the island of Bali after W.W.II. featuring 100 b/w photographs. "Bali, its fertile fields ascending in terraced green paddies from humid tropic seas to cool, cloud-shrouded heights of sacred Genung Agung; Bali, island of beautiful women, strange and exotic customs; paradise of lotus eaters-and romantic fiction-is simply a state of mind." (Foreword). Contains short texts describing the people, the temple carvings, crafts, "people carrying things," the rice culture, trance and dance, the village, its festivals, cremation, a dance group, barong and rangda, its music and more dances, all accompanied by striking b/w photographs. Binding lightly bent outwards and some sunning along edges. Endpapers age-toned.

Meiji: East-West at Toppan Press, 1949. First. hardcover. very good(+). Black & white photographic illustrations. Unpaginated. Small square 4to, patterned cloth with a red title label at the front cover (protected with a mylar wrapper). Meiji, Japan: East-West at Toppan Press, 1949. Bristol's signature and gift inscription at the title page. Cloth toned and dust-soiled, pages lightly toned. A very good(+) copy.<br/> <br/>

Tokyo 1949 1st East-West at Toppan Press. Hardcover. Square octavo, brief text with about 100 full page photo illustrations of Bali, all with short explanatory text, fancy native patterned cloth cover. Owner bookplate. VG plus, very slight wear, in later removable glassine protective jacket. .

Tokyo: East-West at Toppan Press, 1949. Unpaginated, brief text with about 100 full page photo illustrations of Bali, all with short explanatory text. Decorative black and white batik cloth binding. In wooden slipcase that appears to be original, though we can find no other example offered with slipcase.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Wide Large Octavo.