Vintage 1981 Japanese Craft Children's Book Gakken Hoiku Design Shu Showa Retro

by Hoiku Design Shū

$60 · Offered by eBay

First edition

Vintage 1981 Japanese Craft Children's Book Gakken Hoiku Design Shu Showa Retro. Title: 別冊・幼児の指導 保育デザイン集 (Bessatsu Yōji no Shidō: Hoiku Design Shū / Nursery Design Collection) Publisher: Gakken (学研) – Japan Publication Year: 1981 (Showa 56) Language: Japanese text, heavily illustrated About This Book: Up for sale is a rare, vintage 1981 first-edition Japanese preschool and kindergarten teacher's resource book published by Gakken. Part of the highly collectible Bessatsu Yōji no Shidō series, this volume is packed with incredibly cute, nostalgic Showa-era illustrations, classroom wall art ideas, seasonal crafts, and animal designs. This is a fantastic piece of Japanese graphic design history, perfect for: Collectors of vintage Japanese "kawaii" ephemera and Showa retro items. Graphic designers, illustrators, and artists looking for retro color palettes and character inspiration. Collage, scrapbooking, and mixed-media paper crafters. Condition Details: This is an authentic, 45-year-old vintage paperback item sourced from Japan. Overall Condition: Good Vintage Condition Cover: The cover shows some minor scuffing, age tanning, and light creasing on the edges consistent with its age. Please see photos.] Pages: The interior pages are clean, crisp, and fully intact. No heavy writing, marker drawings, or missing pages detected. Only First page noted in photo has some aging due to do the tape holding the plastic cover on.

• Year: 1981
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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