VG+ in glassine wrapper that is chipped; Illus. With color and sepia photographs; First; Softcover; 12mo; Org. Glassine. N° de réf. du vendeur 12705
Titre : Odori (Japanese Dance) : Tourist Library: 22
Éditeur : Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Gov't Rail., Tokyo, Japan
Date d'édition : 1938
Reliure : Softcover
Edition : First Edition.
Description du livre PB. Etat : good, wraps (softcover). B&W and color illustrations (illustrateur). 70pp. N° de réf. du vendeur 073645
Description du livre Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good (-). Etat de la jaquette : Good (-). First Edition. All things about Japanese dance, written for the English-speaking traveler in Japan. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 83 numbered pp; TPB w/glassine. Pages: clean, bright, tight, color frontis; a.e. lt tanned, slight offsetting to title p. Cover: yapped tan wraps, color paster front, brown titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear, w/ yapped covers a bit worn as may be expected, spine and edges lt sunned, glassine tattered and torn. N° de réf. du vendeur 035914
Description du livre [Tokyo 1938], Board of Tourist Industry. Stiff wrs., 70p., color frontis, many half-tone illustrations, color paste-on plate on front cover, exceptionally bright,clean,smail stain on top front cover, else clean. * * RARE FIRST EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . AN EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH ON JAPANESE DANCE . * This monograph was part of a series of 40 individual monographs issued just prior to the beginning of World War II, but issued during Japan's aggression in China. . Each volume was written in English by the leading expert and authority on each subject. Each item is a gem of authentic information, an in-detailed study of the subject, comprehensive and nicely illustrated. . *** THE CONTENTS: . 1. A General survey of the Japanese dance: . . a. Introduction . 2. The Kabuki Dance: . . a. Varieties of the Kabuki Dance . b. The Kabuki dance and the music of the Samien . c. The stage for the Kabuki dance . d. Presenting the dramatic dance . e. The Kabuki actor as dancer . f. Choreographers ad their schools. . g. Education in the art of chancing, some practical aspect . h. The Geisya [Geisha] dance. . 3. Movements for the new Dance . a. Movements based upon the Kabuki dance b. Movements based upon the technique of Western dance . A comprehensive and useful work. . *** The front cover has a color illustration pasted on showing a Japanese dancer. . *** INDIVIDUAL COPY NOTES: . Copy 1: Excellent example, there is a small feint stain to top edge of front cover, else contents pristine. . * Copy 2: Red pen scribbling s, see individual copy description, contents after title page is pristine, no issues. . NOTE: ! ! This copy is sold "as is" and is NOT returnable or refundable, this is strictly a "reading copy" only, sold "with all faults." By ordering you accept these terms. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . ***. N° de réf. du vendeur 84101201
Description du livre Etat : VG. Tokyo 1938. Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways. 12mo., 70pp., illustrations, original decorated wraps. VG. N° de réf. du vendeur a56396