"Katachi", A Picture Book Of Traditional Japanese Workmanship; Two Volumes Iwamiya, Takeji Design Arts,Japan And Korea

B&W Photos and reproductions, some color; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 382 pages; 1962 Art Publishing Co. / Bisojutsu Shuppansha. Two volumes, complete. 170, [16]; 181, [14] pp. Oversize folio volumes soundly bound in cream cloth backed spines lettered in black and gilt with glazed black cloth sides. Text principally in Japanese with English title pages; the volumes are principally pictorial, however, and lavishly illustrated with b&w and some color photos and reproductions of key elements in Japanese design. A 3 leaf foldout at rear of Volume II with 200 Coats of Arms emblems in blue and white. Cloth at spine lightly foxed; light shelf bumping to boards at corner tips. Solid with bright clean contents. VG thus . Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.