Noboru hidaka (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 30cm x 21cm. 122 pages, illustrations, some colour. Grey cloth, white lettering. A detailed and thoroughly illustrated guide in English to life and culture in Manchuria. Published at the height of WWII, depicting a completely normal world inside the Japanese puppet state with chapters on races and tribes, costumes, residential houses, food and drink, salutation and etiquette, tastes and pastimes, annual festivals, religions, symbols of religious faith, and happy and unhappy affairs. Recased. Minor discolouration to spine. A few minor soils and a couple of minor stains. Category: Anthropology; Asia|China|Japan; 20th Century: 1940s; Inventory No: 0035652.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stunning ethnography book on Manchuria illustrated with photo collage. Contents: races and tribes, costumes, residential houses, food and drink, salutation and etiquette, tastes and pastimes, annual festivals, religions, symbols of religious faith, happy and unhappy affairs. It belonged to Joseph Francis Fletcher, Jr. (1934-1984), an American historian of China and Central Asia. Text in English. 29,4x20,8cm. 121p. Monochrome photo collage. Very few colour illustrations. Waving inside. Exlibris on the pastedown endpaper. Hardcover. Original binding with a rough military hemp cloth. Near fine condition. Extra shipping charges may be applied due to weight and size of the item.…