Souvenir of glimpses at Ukiyo-ye and Nishiki-ye : brocade prints of Japan (first printing)

A$1,100 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Sydney : Privately published, 1942. Edition limited to 50 numbered and signed copies with author s seal (this is copy no. 29). Quarto, original stiff wrappers with black lettering to front, original blue silk ties, 16 pp, with tipped-in colour illustrations and 2 tipped-in black and white photographs advertising the de-luxe editions of Glimpses at Ukiyo-ye and Nishiki-ye : brocade prints of Japan ; (both very rare, limited to 11 and 15 copies each); a fine copy. A revised edition, of 30 copies, was printed the following year. Printed in an edition of 50 copies. Rare.

• Printing: first
• Binding: Hardcover

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