This beautiful French Book of Au Japon is bound in stunning quarter leather with marbled paper boards. The spine features exquisite gilt detail of bamboo, cranes and a traditional lantern. In Japanese culture, Cranes symbolise longevity, good fortune, peace, and loyalty.
It's in very good condition with wear to the board edges and corners which has removed the surface of the paper. The boards show some rubbing and scuffing and the spine is sunned.
Inside, the pages are clean and bright with sporadic foxing and marking. The preliminary and end pages are quite heavily tanned and the tissue guard for the frontispiece is loose.
Dimensions approximately 25.5cm x 18.7cm x 21.cm. The book will arrive hand wrapped in patterned paper and ribbon.
I use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubble wrap is oxo-degradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).