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All items shipped within 24 hours of Payment (or sooner) . FREE MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING in USA with Full Tracking PRIORITY SHIPPING Available at EXACT POSTAGE Cost with Full Tracking . International Shipping Worldwide at EXACT POSTAGE cost Tracking through USA - and most European, Asian and other countries SECURE, TOP Packing and materials - 40 years experience. Kyuden to Geihinkan 宮殿 The Imperial Palace and State Guesthouse Photographs by Yoshio Watanabe 渡辺義雄 . Opulent Hardcover book with Dust Jacket, OBI wrap, Hardshell Slipcase and 3 Publisher's inserts. COMPLETE. Tokyo, Shueisha, 1980. First Edition. Magnificent Full-color illustrated book with expressive photographs of the famous photographer Yoshio Watanabe. Superbly printed Full Color Plates on thick, high quality, coated stock; also a few Palace, Grounds Diagram illustrations. Almost all text in Japanese characters - with only Photo Captions, minor publishing date info and a page of brief Yoshio Watanabe Bio in English. 155 pages 14 3/4" x 10 1/2" x 1" Publisher: Sueisha, Tokyo © 1980 Yoshio Watanabe Printed in Japan Black paperboard under Dust Jacket, with Full-color Outer Slipcase, complete with obi and 3 Publishers' inserts (printed both sides). BOOK is in overall VERY FINE Condition. Fine Book and Slipcase; Near Fine Dust Cover; Very Good OBI strip . BOOK and SLIPCASE both LIKE NEW. DUST JACKET with faint rumple (not creased) at edge, otherwise Pristine. OBI is very clean with a single 1 inch clean edge tear * on back side. * closed from beneath w/small piece of archival Acid-Free Document Repair Tape . All 3 INSERTS are Pristine, LIKE NEW. OUT OF PRINT for Decades Please excuse any 'grainy' look to my uploaded pictures (...from low-light photo conditions). ___________________________________________________________ While the imperial palace was built in Japanese style, the guest house corresponds to a European castle. The Imperial Palace dating from the Meiji period burned down after an air-raid on May 25th, 1945. It was only in the autumn of 1958 that Imperial Household Agency (kunai-cho) completed a study for the reconstruction that would take ten years to complete. The aura of the Japanese Imperial Family is such that even photographic images of the palace are hard to come by. VERY Hard-to-track-down BOOK in SUPERB Condition! Extremely scarce - almost never shows up on eBay, especially Complete with the rarely found inserts. Kept inside of Protective Poly Outer Bag Please see my other listings for more RARE, Out of Print , and other Collectible Books _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ You deserve and will receive FAST SHIPPING and CAREFUL, SECURE PACKING . My packing is considered to be among the very best on eBay! Well padded in roomy, strong box for best protection in the mail. FRAGILE - HANDLE WITH CARE stickers on all sides of box. SHIPPING RATES : ...All packages are sent insured (at no added cost to you) USA : Media Mail: FREE Priority Mail : EXACT POSTAGE only (varies by ZIP CODE) See postage to your address under "Shipping and payments" tab. Combine buys and save on shipping for COMBINED purchases SHIPPING DISCOUNT simply place all desired items from my listings in checkout cart; then make 1 payment for the combined items. ALL OTHER COUNTRIES : I charge EXACT POSTAGE only, Worldwide . PRIORITY INTERNATIONAL - Book weight exceeds First Class limit. All packages above 4 Lbs can NOT ship by the low 1ST CLASS International rate. Those must go by higher (but faster) PRIORITY INTERNATIONAL RATE with FULL TRACKING . These are US Postal System rules, not mine. Customs charges are the responsibility of the buyer. . * PLEASE do not ask me to mark the item as a 'GIFT' for customs. Unfortunately, I cannot . The postal clerks know better; I ship eBay items constantly and cannot fool them.