Robert Austin and Koichiro Ueda — Bamboo

New York and Tokyo, John Weatherhill, Inc. 1975. Cloth. A fascinating analysis of the technical, historical and cultural prevalence of bamboo with vivid photographs from Dana Levy. In original publisher's green cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.With over 160 pages of photographs and illustrations in black and white and colour. Photographs by award-winning photographer Dana Levy. Collated complete.This text expertly examines the science of bamboo and especially its history and cultural position in Eastern societies. Levy's full-page photographs create an immersive addition. In original publisher's cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent condition with minor shelf wear only. Bookplate to reverse of front free endpaper. Dust wrapper externally very smart with just the odd mark. Reinforced with archival covering inside. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with the exception of slight spotting at the top. Fine . Ill.: Dana Levy. Fine/Near Fine.