Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller
Item #49520 Kikuji Kawada / Chizu ("The Map") [SIGNED Limited Edition]. Kikuji Kawada.
Kikuji Kawada / Chizu ("The Map") [SIGNED Limited Edition]
Kikuji Kawada / Chizu ("The Map") [SIGNED Limited Edition]
Kikuji Kawada / Chizu ("The Map") [SIGNED Limited Edition]
Kikuji Kawada / Chizu ("The Map") [SIGNED Limited Edition]
Kikuji Kawada / Chizu ("The Map") [SIGNED Limited Edition]
Kikuji Kawada / Chizu ("The Map") [SIGNED Limited Edition]
Kikuji Kawada / Chizu ("The Map") [SIGNED Limited Edition]
Kikuji Kawada / Chizu ("The Map") [SIGNED Limited Edition]
Kikuji Kawada / Chizu ("The Map") [SIGNED Limited Edition]

Kikuji Kawada / Chizu ("The Map") [SIGNED Limited Edition]

Tucson, Arizona: Nazraeli Press, 2005. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Kikuji Kawada on verso of marbled endpaper and hand-numbered. 290/500. Octavo. Unpaginated, (16)pp. text in English and Japanese. Original black cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, with text in black wraps pamphlet, housed in black cloth slipcase with photo-illustrated jacket laid to slipcase covers, white lettering on spine. Includes pamphlet with text by Kikuji Kawada in English and Japanese with chronology with captions. Parr & Badger pages 212-13; Keneko & Vartanian pages 86-93; Heiting & Kaneko page 282.

An extraordinary publication, designed by Naomichi Kawahata, featuring Kikuji Kawada's masterful photography. The book is considered one of the true icons in the history of photography. Originally published on August 6, 1965, the twentieth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, the book explores Japanese history, recent and from it's imperial past, as well as its western-influenced popular culture. Many of the photographs are presented as double-page gatefolds. Fine condition. Item #49520
ISBN: 1590051238

Price: $500.00

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