James A. Michener 246718

The Floating World, rev. ed.

University of Hawaii Press, 1984. Paperback. Pp: 472. The Floating World by novelist James A. Michener is a classic work on the Japanese print of the Edo period (1615-1868). Mr. Michener shows how the Japanese printmakers, cut off from revivifying contacts with the art of the rest of the world and hampered by their own governmental restrictions, were able to keep their art vital for two centuries through their vigor and determination.For this new edition, Howard A. Link updates the scholarship and expands on many theoretical aspects introduced in Michener's study. ISBN: 9780824808730. Cond./Kwaliteit: Redelijk.

De SlegteProfessional seller

Book number: 2984042

Catalogue: Kunst

Keywords: 9780824808730

MICHENER, JAMES A.

The Floating World

New York, Random House. 1954, 1st Edition. (Cloth) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 403pp. Illus. 65 - b / w and 40 colour.Wrapper clipped. ".. The life and death of an art, of the men .. And of the lusty age..".

Spafford BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 202638

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Art, Art, Japanese, Prints

(MADELEINE L'ENGLE) MICHENER, JAMES A.

The Floating World.

NY:: Random House, 1954. Hardcover. The story of Japanese prints. With 65 illustrations, 40 in full color. This copy is from the personal library of the late Madeleine L'Engle, 1963 Newbery Award winner for her now classic young adult fantasy novel A WRINKLE IN TIME, and bears her handwritten name (Madeleine Franklin - her married name) and her husband's on the front paste-down. Second printing. Slight spine slant, crayon scribbles on front free endpaper and rear paste-down, else good in a good (foxing and fading) dust jacket. Good in Good dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

Grendel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 100157

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Art History Japan

Michener, James A.,

The Floating World the Story of Japanese Prints.

New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ a bit faded and with light chipping. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper; The golden age of Japanese prints was from approximately 1660 to 1860, roughly coinciding with the Tokugawa dictatorship; 8vo; 403 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.

The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional seller

Book number: 16267

Catalogue: Japan