Softcover. Tokyo, Japan, A.D.A. Edita, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 317 pages. Softcover with French flaps. (Japanese to English Text) Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Illustrations consist of photographs and drawings of completed buildings and relevant projects. A touch of age-yellowing throughout. Soil on bottom edge. Spine is slightly faded. Complete with no pages missing, binding still tight. Rare.
Softcover. Tokyo, Japan, A.D.A. Edita, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages. Softcover with French flaps. (Japanese to English Text) Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Illustrations consist of photographs and drawings of completed buildings and relevant projects. A touch of age-yellowing throughout. Soil on bottom edge. Spine is slightly faded. Complete with no pages missing, binding still tight. Rare.
Softcover. Tokyo, Japan, A.D.A. Edita, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 390 pages. Softcover with French flaps. (Japanese to English Text) Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Illustrations consist of photographs and drawings of completed buildings and relevant projects. A touch of age-yellowing throughout. Soil on bottom edge. Spine is slightly faded. Complete with no pages missing, binding still tight. Rare.
Hardcover. Tokyo/Amsterdam, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha/Abrams, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 554 pages, illustrated with hundreds of color and b&w plates of Japanese temples from the year 552. Photographs by Tatsuzo Sato, Shihachi Fujimoto, Yoshio Watanabe, Ken Domon, Yasukichi Irie, Yukio Futagawa. Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha. Bibliography. Large folio, brown silk cloth with gilt lettering. In a edgeworn green slipcase. Heavy volume, extra charges for priority shipping.
Hardcover. Tokyo, Japan, Kodansha International Ltd. , 1st Edition, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 182 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has a few lamination issues, otherwise very good--no rips or tears. Textured gray cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine, blind-stamped design on front cover board. A touch of tanning to edges, pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Spine straight. In excellent condition. Naito traces the historical story of Katsura, while photographer, Nishikawa worked for five years to put together this visual portrait.
Hardcover. New York, Monacelli Press, Inc., 1st US, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 276 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color photographs. Dust jacket with fading along spine and edges. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. London, Phaidon, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Stiff wraps with flaps. 524 pages, profusely illustrated with high quality photos, plans, profiles, models, and sketches, writings by Ando, a critical anthology, biography, bibliography, bibliography of works, index of works, and photographic credits.Tadao Ando (b 1941) is Japan's leading architect and designer with a dazzling international reputation. He recently won the 1995 Pritzker Architecture Prize for 'consistent and significant contributions to the built environment'. A comprehensive monograph of Ando's work, this book examines over one hundred buildings and projects designed between 1969-94, illustrated by photographs, plans and exquisite sketches.
