JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY By Juliet Piggott, HAMLYN FIRST ED. HC DJ NEW, PRISTINE MINT

JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY, by Juliet Piggott. FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER ART BOOK, SECOND PRINTING PUBLISHED BY HAMLYN PUBLISHING GROUP IN 1973. VINTAGE BRAND NEW, IN PRISTINE MINT CONDITION (Please ignore any defects in the Stock Photo I used of a similar book) WITH 24 BEAUTIFULLY REPRODUCED FULL-COLOR PLATES AND OVER 100 B&W ILLUSTRATIONS.PURCHASED NEW, NEVER READ AND STORED IN OUR DARKENED WAREHOUSE THE LAST FIFTY (50) YEARS, THE DUST JACKET IS STILL BRIGHT, GLOSSY, LUSTROUS AND COMPLETELY UN-FADED, THE COVERS STILL BRIGHT, TIGHT AND LUSTROUS, AND THE INTERIOR PAGES AND ILLUSTRATIONS ARE ALL STILL TIGHT, BRIGHT, CRISP, AND LUSTROUS ON THEIR ORIGINAL PRISTINE IVORY WHITE PAPER STOCK.THE BINDING IS PERFECTLY SQUARE AND SO TIGHT IT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS THE BOOK HAS NEVER BEEN READ, OR EVEN OPENED FULLY. NOTE:  I am NOT a professional grader, but I could only find a single very minor defect:  The dust jacket is very slightly "rippled" from the stupid Mylar Dust Jacket Protector I used to "protect" the DJ (at least it did keep it bright and glossy and UN-faded), and has a line of very faint white marks horizontally across the bacover a few inches below the top edge-- NONE of which detracts much from the DJ, which still looks bright and glossy and Brand New. Most importantly, The book still looks Brand New and Pristine Mint-- perfect for gift-giving.PLEASE SEE OUR MANY OTHER MYSTICAL, MYTHOLOGICAL, FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION, DINOSAUR, EXOTIC CAR, CARTOON ART, FINE ART, COMIC STRIP, PINUP, WILDLIFE AND WESTERN BOOKS, PRINTS, POSTERS AND SIGNED AND NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION PRINTS.WE SPECIALIZE IN THE TOP F/SF ARTISTS OF THE 1970s-90s, INCLUDING RICHARD CORBEN, BERNI WRIGHTSON, JEFF JONES, MICHAEL KALUTA, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, DAN GREEN, JIM STERANKO, NEAL ADAMS, GEORGE BARR, ESTEBAN MAROTO, PETER PRACOWNIK, STEVE HICKMAN, AND, OF COURSE, FRANK FRAZETTA.I also have Frazetta's posters of his rock album covers for all three of Molly Hatchet's first album covers, as well as their standees, (and for Nazareth's EXPECT NO MERCY, too) as well as over 100 different smaller Frazetta canvas-textured prints, ranging in size from 11x14" to 18x24".  We sell them for $20, plus $12.95 shipping (for up to ten prints). 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