Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Very large and heavy book. 287 pages, heavily illustrated; some tipped in plates. Pages toned; very good otherwise. The jacket has some discoloring and wear. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 202754. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$26.89 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 287pp.incl.index; HB beige&lavender w/gilt; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. DJ silver w/blk.&red-pic.cover; rubbed w/chips&tears; sml.tape repair,ft.bttm. Woodblock prints of Japan and their modern successors. illus.
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two-tone silk covered boards. Small and faint damp stain to edge of front cover. Dust jacket upper front corner missing has a darkened area on edge and front jacket fold that does not get into book. It comes in original illustrated publisher's box that has a damp stained area opposite jacket darkened area. Contents very clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions. 257 plates, including 55 in full color.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 287 pages. Dust jacket price clipped. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *
Seller: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Japanese Prints From the Masters to the Modern. Charles E. Tuttle, 1959.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing (with no statement of subsequent printings). Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Two-tone silk covered boards in excellent shape. Light soiling/smudges to page edges. Book is unmarked and contents clean and bright. Jacket has mild edge-wear, includign three short tears (longest being one-half-inch). 287 pages. 257 plates, 55 of them in full color, with notes on the prints by Richard Lane.
Seller: Brazos Bend Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket, 288 pages; book in very good condition except pages yellowed at edges; dj is in poor condition with large tears and pieces missing at edges; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra for this book.
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$31.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: . . . . First printing. Folio, hardcover, tan cloth. Vg+ condition in good dj. NOT ex-library. Dust jacket edgeworn, with several chips and tears. Contents clean, no marking or writing. 287 pp. Many illustrations; all tipped-in color plates present.
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$31.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 287 pages. Hardcover with stamped illustration to rust & brown cloth boards. Gilt titles to spine. Related ephemera laid-in to front & rear, writing directed to print collectors. Wonderful illustrations in black & white & full color throughout. Book design & typography by Kaoru Ogimi. Color plates by Kyodo Printing & gravure plates by Inshokan. Original illustrated dust jacket, price clipped, with small tears to edges, protected in original cardboard slip case. Record # 6670132
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$34.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 287pp Notes on the prints by Richard Lane. In pictorial jacket, folio, 287pp. (some shelfwear and rubbing to outer jacket). Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Book has a binding error where two pages were improperly cut and extend slightly beyond the page limit. Dust jacket has Japanese price clipped on front flap (not American price), two large closed on front panel, wear to upper and lower folds and some light wear along upper edges. Spectacular book with 257 plates, of which 55 are tipped-in and in full color. Included are a list of artist and prints, complete notes on every print, bibliography and index. Through study by Michener and a wonderful presentation. Many hours of enjoyment await.
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 287 pp; Book has book plate of previous owner on paste down, page 120 foldout was misfolded and is creased for about 1/4 inch along edge, pages clean and unmarked, 5th printing. Dust jacket has 3 small tears along edges, still bright and attractive. A nice, clean, tight and attractive book.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 257 plates, 55 in color; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: lt sw, bp ow VG/VG
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Japanese Prints from the Early Masters to the Modern. Charles E Tuttle Co., 1959.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in jacket. Shelfwear to bottom boards and edgewear to jacket. Tiny bookplate.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Japanese Prints from the Early Masters to the Modern. Charles E. Tuttle, 1959.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 257 Plates, Including 55 In Full Color
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A new book and D,J, that is unused and unmarked in Slipocase.A wonderful copy 287pp with a wealth of black and white and color illustration, many full-page. With Notes on the Prints, and Index. Michener's deep interest in oriental culture expressed itself both in his early fiction (Sayonara), and in his serious studies of oriental art. y.With notes on the prints by Richard Lane and text by Michener.
Seller: Flying Danny Books, Netosu, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: The first printing, 287 pages, 257 illustrations in color and b&w, with notes on the prints by Richard Lane. This book is divided into 4 sections: Early Prints; Full-Color Prints; Landscape and Figure Prints, and Moderns. FINE- HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$46.00 + shipping
Description: large two color patterned & embossed illustrated silk cloth hardbound folio ~ 2º. very large & heavy ("coffee table" size book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. few tiny faint edge spots. old owner's embossed blind stamp on front flyleaf, otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. couple of 1" tears, minor chips along edges. not price clipped (no price listed. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps or stickers, no inking , underlining, or remainder markings ~ first edition. first printing (nap). ~ Please Note: book is larger than scanner so the photos are a bit cropped. glossy full color frontis. 287p. notes on the prints. bibliography. index. several large foldout plates. art history. history of japan. japanese art. ukiyo~e. ~In James A. Michener the Japanese print has found its ideal commentator. Combining the finished literary style of an outstanding novelist with a mature knowledge of his subject, he is able to bring this great art form to life in words, directly communicating his understanding, love, and enthusiasm rather than obscuring his subject in pedantry. In fact, it might almost be said that he here lets the prints speak for themselves, in a wealth of magnificent illustrations and apt but unobtrusive commentary. It is only when one has finished the book that he realizes he has been conducted on a tour of three centuries of art, a tour so carefully arranged as to give a deep understanding of the history and aesthetics of Japanese prints, a new appreciation of a superlative art. The book has many other unique features. So far as consonant with his aim of presenting a full survey, Mr. Michener has illustrated the book with lesser~known masterpieces rather than with those few prints that have been reproduced almost ad nauseam. Unlike earlier books, this does not stop with the past century, but brings the subject completely up to date, introducing, in the modern Japanese print, some of the most exciting art being created in Japan~and in the world~today. The book also becomes a revealing account of the collecting of Japanese prints, with many valuable hints to collectors based upon the author's own experiences in gathering together one of the best print collections of recent years: it is a collecting field in which many hints are needed, with prices varying from $5 to $5,000 per print, and with forgeries and doubtful attributions on every hand. The final section of the book contains authoritative notes concerning each print, prepared by Richard Lane. In Mr. Michener's words, Dr. Lane "with his meticulous knowledge of Japanese and his love for ukiyo~e seems certain to become America's equivalent of the great German scholar Fritz Rumpf." It is appropriate that such a book should have been produced in Japan, and with the unstinting support of the Honolulu Academy of Arts~the increasingly important museum at the "crossroads of the Pacific" where Mr. Michener's collection is presently housed. No effort has been spared, especially in the faithfulness of the reproductions, to make it a worthy example of the high standards of modern Japanese bookmaking, drawing upon the same traditions of painstaking craftsmanship that produced the Japanese print.
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Japanese Prints. Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1959.
Price: US$47.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Satisfaction 100% guaranteed
Seller: Bookmans, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to 11" - 13" tall; 287 pages; Dust jacket with very minor edgewear.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 288 pages. Hardcover, handsomely bound with brown linen and red silk covered boards, wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket, and cased in a decorated corrugated cardboard storage box. Text in English. 257 illustrated plates, including 55 in full color. The storage box has a moderate degree of wear. The dustjacket has been price clipped, and has some slight chipping to the edges, although now encased in a Mylar sleeve. There is a spot of soiling to the right edge of the front board, with some browning to the pages, consistent with age. All in all, though, a tight binding, a handsome presentation, and a clean interior free of markings. Excellent notes on the works represented, and a eminently readable text by a major collector of the material and one of the most popular writers of American historical fiction.
Seller: Exquisite Corpse Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: With DJ and Slipcase. Second Printing, fair, in cloth boards. Some denting to edges. Soft creasing, edge wear, soil to spine tips. Toning to endpapers. Relaxed binding, Staining along gutter, more prevalent to some pages. Hinge split. Toning to page margins. Rippling to rear pastedown. Foxing, staining, soil to text block edges. Clipped DJ, Fair+, edge wear, soft crease, tearing to top edge of spine; soil and heavy browning to underside. Slipcase, fair, soil, rubbing, wear to all edges, bumping to corners, staining. Please ask to see images for your satisfaction. Due to weight of book international orders cannot be accepted. Shelf 5c.
Seller: Friends of Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ISBN . Oversized Hardback. No dustjacket. Bound in light brown rough tweed with red illustrated panelon front cover. Early tipped in color plate edition. Third printing from 1960 as stated on the copyright page. Previous owners bookplate on the first page in, Otherwise book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good Plus condition. This book is Japanese Prints From the Early Masters to the Modern (257 plates, including 55 in full color) Original 1960 with tipped in color plates.
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to (31 x 23 cm). 287 pp. 257 plates (55 color). Brown cloth covers with patterned red silk ribbon (image of geisha) to upper and gilt titles to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with 1 cm tear to bottom of front panel.
Seller: Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA, Jupiter, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 287 Pp. Gold Silk And Orange-Red Silk, Spine Lettered In Gilt. Printed In Japan. First Printing (No Additional Printing, Michener Bio Mentions His Recent Book "Hawaii"). Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket And Fine Slipcase. Bookplate Partly Under Front Flap.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: //NO REMAINDER MARK//NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) //there is no slipcase
Seller: BC BOOKS, APOLLO BEACH, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Second printing. Hardcover. With notes on the prints by Richard Lane and text by Michener. Includes 257 illustrations with 55 of them tipped in color plates. A near fine copy in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with a tear to the to bottom of the spine near the edge of the front panel in a near fine illustrated slipcase. Still one of the better books on this subject. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stunning Publication, with the cooperation of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, 287 pages, heavily illustrated with 257 plates including 55 in full color, text describing the artist and prints in great detail, spectacular linen and silk covered boards, 12 inches in height by 9 inches in width, (heavy book will not be sent for the priority rate) Book is near Fine, No previous owner bookplate or writing, Jacket is Very Good Plus or better, some edgewear bright and clear preserved in a new mylar sleeve, Slipcase is Very Good Plus or Better. A solid and presentable excellent example of this important title at a Bargain Price. Publisher's Linen and Silk Hardback
Seller: Pacific Coast Books, ABAA,ILAB, Gleneden Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$82.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 91/4 X 12 1/2 Inches. 287 PP. Stated "First Printing, 1959" directly on the copyright page. Original jacket is clipped, but retains the $15.00 in the U.S. part. All plates intact. Light staining to spine that does not effect the interior at all. Light toning. DJ a bit worn at edges with a few closed tears and some scuffing. Original cardboard slipcase has some wear and a few chips to open end where book slides in. A nice copy despite the flaws.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: 1st.Edition 1959 , 4th. Printing 1963 , Hardcover in the dust jacket and in the slipcase 287 page book with color tipped in plates and black & white illustrations . One of the better books on Japanese art . Condition : Very Fine / DJ : Very Fine / Illustrated slipcase Very Good. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: Gibbs Books, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Notes on the Prints by Richard Lane. Large quarto. 287pp. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Fine in fine partially price-clipped dust jacket, in publisher's slipcase, slightly bumped at one corner, else fine. Due to the bulky size of this volume, very difficult to locate in fine jacket and box. An attractive copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stunning Publication, with the cooperation of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, 287 pages, heavily illustrated with 257 plates including 55 in full color, text describing the artist and prints in great detail, spectacular linen and silk covered boards, 12 inches in height by 9 inches in width, (heavy book will not be sent for the priority rate) Book is Fine, No previous owner bookplate or writing, Jacket is near Fine, no flaws, bright and clear preserved in a new mylar sleeve, small Tuttle bookmark included, Slipcase is near Fine as well. An excellent example of this important title at a Bargain Price. Publisher's Linen and Silk Hardback
Seller: Pacific Coast Books, ABAA,ILAB, Gleneden Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st. ed. 1st. printing 1959 , Cloth hardcover with the dust jacket , 287 page book with 257 plates , including 55 in color and some fold out pages. Condition : Fine / the DJ is Very Good with some edge rubs , chipping and nicks. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: Gibbs Books, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 4to. 287 pp. Profusely illustrated, plates, some in color, some folding. "A tour of three centuries of art, a tour so carefully arranged as to give a deep understanding of the history and aesthetics of Japanese prints, a new appreciation of a superlative art." Bookplate on front pastedown, else very good. Two tone cloth, gilt spine title, color illustrated dust jacket. (#7660).
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$104.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 287 pp. Original light green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Red cloth strip w/ blind stamp on front cover. Very bright and clean. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. DJ has wear and tear to edges w/ light chipping to corners and spine ends. Lightly rubbed. Illust. w/ 257 plates, including 55 in full color. Contents very nice.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the first edition (stated). Fully illustrated with B&W and color prints (notes on the prints by Richard Lane). A fine copy in near fine (price clipped) dust jacket. Very attractive. LR
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
MICHENER,JAMES A. JAPANESE PRINTS from the early masters to the modern. CHARLES E TUTTLE, 1959.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HARDBACK BOOK AND DUST JACKET IN FINE CONDITION,IN NEAR FINE SLIPCASE
Seller: Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to 11" - 13" tall; 287 pages; Dust jacket with very minor edgewear.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 287p quarto, illustrated with many color plates, some tipped in. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket enclosed in publisher's printed slipcase, also fine. Laid in is a 4 page prospectus from Tuttle, a typed note from Dawson's Book Shop Los Angeles) in 1962 addressed to Mr. Tobin (James D) who lived in LA in his later years. and a calling card of Sentaro Kondo a dealer in Japanese prints who ffered the following "Contemporary Japanese Prints" in 1976. On the card he he writes "I hope this may interest you" and signed it.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
STATLER, Oliver. Modern Japanese Prints. Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1959.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third printing. Introduction by James A. Michener. Quarto. xxi, 209pp. Faint dampstain on topedge and into gutters, about very good in a very good dust jacket with corresponding dampstain on spine head, short nicks on spine ends and corners. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. With notes on the prints by Richard Lane and text by Michener. Includes 257 illustrations with 55 of them tipped in color plates. A near fine copy with some slight bumping to the corners in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with the same slight bumping to the corners and in a near fine slipcase that has some minor wear. A nice copy of what is still one of the better books on this subject. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine copy in two tones of silk over heavy boards, in a Fine laminated glossy silver and cream dustwrapper, price-clipped. Lacks the slipcase. 287pp with Index and extensive notes on the 250 illustrations (both black and white, and tipped-in color). Q03360
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, JAMES A.. JAPANESE PRINTS. , 1959.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: MICHENER, James A. JAPANESE PRINTS FROM THE EARLY MASTERS TO THE MODERN. With Notes on the Prints by Richard Lane. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1959). First printing. 4to, quarter pink decorated cloth, brown cloth, 288pp. Frontispiece, 51 mounted color plates, and many b&w illustrations. This is a fine copy in a very good dust jacket, with a few short edge tears, no loss) and the slipcase.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: With Notes on the Prints by Richard Lane. With the cooperation of The Honolulu Academy of Arts. Gorgeous illustrations throughout with 257 plates including 55 in full color; many are full-page, many within text; plus 6 folded pages. 287 pages. Book measures 12.3" x 9". Beautiful textured silk cover with band of patterned coral silk. Gilt title on spine. Silver DJ with colour illustration; sharp in colour; not price-clipped. Light wear along the edges. Publisher, Tuttle, does exquisite work. FINE/VG+. Size: 12" x 9"
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Michener, James A.. Japanese Prints: From the Early Masters to the Modern. Charles E. Tuttle, 1959.
Price: US$226.20 + shipping
Description: Japanese Prints: From the Early Masters to the Modern, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1959, first edition, fine in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper and slipcase. Contains 257 plates including 55 in full color and many foldouts.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Japanese Prints. Charles E. Tuttle Company, Vermont and Japan, 1959.
Price: US$227.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Japanese Prints From The Early Masters To The Modern by James A. Michener with notes on the prints by Richard Lane, with the cooperation of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, beautiful book with numerous prints in black and white as well as color, some are tipped into book, very fine quality. sections include The Early Prints, The Full-Color Prints, Landscape and Figure Prints, The Moderns, notes and bibliography. 287 pages, few minor dark spots on spine seam of outer cover otherwise book is in wonderful condition, Pictorial Dustjacket has small closed 3/4" tear to top rear middle otherwise it is also in wonderful condition and UNCLIPPED. Extra postage for heavy book over 5 lbs.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Large format. A Fine copy in linen and silk cloth covered heavy boards, in a Fine glossy silver, cream, red, green and black dustwrapper, in publisher's custom cardboard slipcase with wraparound panel. Spine of jacket very slightly faded. 287pp with a wealth of black and white and color illustration, many full-page. With Notes on the Prints, and Index. Michener's deep interest in oriental culture expressed itself both in his early fiction (Sayonara), and in his serious studies of oriental art. A scarce condition copy. Q05067
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good hardcover with cloth and silk inlay of Japanese figure, in dustjacket and in decorated slipcase.
Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.