Search Results: katsura a princely retreat by naito akira

Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International Ltd. , 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 182 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has a few lamination issues, otherwise very good—no rips or tears. Textured gray cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine, blind-stamped design on front cover board. A touch of tanning to edges, pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Spine straight. In excellent condition. Naito traces the historical story of Katsura, while photographer, Nishikawa worked for five years to put together this visual portrait. Record # 32859

Kodansha International Ltd., 1984. Third Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 26.5 x 36.5 cm. Oblong. 182pp. Large fold-out map laid-in. Illustrated with photographs, plans. Grey linen in slipcase. Fading to the spine.

Tokyo, New York, London: Kodansha International, 1977. Hardcover. Very good plus. Oblong folio. 10.5 x 14.5" 182pp. Incl index. Nicely illustrated from color photographs, detailed line drawings and plans. Folding map of the gardens laid-in at rear. Grey silk cloth in pictorial slipcase. Front end paper has creases. Nice solid slipcase has only mild scuffing to glossy surface.

Tokyio...: Kodansha International, 1977. Original Cloth with Box. Very Good. Folio Oblong. .182pp. Richly illustrated. A VERY GOOD CLEAN AND FRESH COPY IN THE ORIGINAL BOX.

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1977. hardcover. near fine/fine. Translated by Charles S. Terry. Illustrated with 95 color photographic plates by Takeshi Nishikawa, 70 text illustrations, folding color map laid in. 182 pages. Large oblong 4to, gray silk cloth, d.w., printed board slipcase. Tokyo: Kodansha, (1977). First Edition. Gift inscription in red ink on the halftitle, else a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper and very good(+) slipcase.<br/> <br/> Architecture of the Katsura Palace.<br/> <br/>

Tokyo:: Kodansha International,. Very Good. 1982. Hardcover. 0870112716 . Color and black and white photographs by Takeshi Nishikawa throughout. Translated from the Japanese by Charles S. Terry. Color folded map laid in. Second printing. Faded along the spine, light damp mark at the crown of the spine, foxing to half-title page, else very good in a very good (light shelf wear and aging) slipcase. .

Stated First Edition.
Silk book cover like new, slight rubbing - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. Includes folded map of palace and gardens.
Slipcase like new, light shelf wear. No dust jacket.
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This tribute to the 17th-century imperial villa features photographs, architectural details and the history of the mansion. Includes map of the grounds.

Tokyo, New York, San Francisco: Kodansha International LTD, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Oblong Quarto. 182pp. Original silky-gray textured cloth with blind-stamped Japanese lettering on cover. Spine lettered in silver and faded to light brown, with a small spot of fraying. Housed in publishers gray-green paper covered cardboard slipcase, spine lettered in black. Black endpapers. First 82 pages entirely illustrated with color photographs, most full-page. The remainder of the text is illustrated with numerous black & white photographs and topographic ground plans, plus 14 pages of architectural drawings. Laid in at front is a 20" x 27" color folding map of "The Katsura Palace and Garden Today," (scale: 1 inch = 12 meters). Double column text. Index and bibliography at rear. Slipcase with light sunning along edges. "In 1933 the German architect Bruno Taut (1880-1938), who had fled from the Nazis the year before, arrived in Japan, where he stayed for three years...Taut wrote, "In Katsura… Read More

Kodansha, Tokyo, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). As New/Fine. NAITO, AKIRA, and NISHIKAWA, TAKESHI. Katsura, A Princely Retreat, Tokyo: Kodansha, 1977.Oblong folio, first English-language edition, pp. 182, lavender silk-covered boards with silver lettering to spine and blind-stamped Japanese lettering to front, slipcase, color and halftone illustration, large folding map laid in. Profiles a palace that long served as a retreat for the rulers of Japan.Condition of this bookFine in fine slipcase. This is the first USA edition. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Architecture; Japan; Photography. ISBN: 0870112716. ISBN/EAN: 9780870112713. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory… Read More

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1977. FIRST EDITION. Hundreds of color and black and white photographic illustrations. Publisher's cloth with Japanese letters embossed on front cover, silver lettering on spine, in the original dust jacket and preserved in the publisher's slipcase with the title on the top cover and spine. Like never opened, in absolutely perfect condition. First edition in English. The Katsura palace, which has been compared in cultural importance with the Parthenon, was the retreat of Japanese rulers from the seventeenth century. It is a stunning imperial villa with exquisite gardens, and we are treated to a visual tour through the beautiful photographs of Takeshi Nishikawa (b. 1925). The work includes architectural drawings as well as a history of the buildings and grounds written by Akira Naito (b. 1932), a professor of architecture at Nagoya Institute of Technology.

Kodansha USA Inc, 1994-08-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!