The Arts of the Japanese Sword by Bw Robinson

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 4th Edition. TIGHT Clean COPY.96 B/Westward PLATES,4 COLOR PLATES.MANY B/W DRAWINGS.Alphabetize.
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110 pages. 40 feuillets non numerot�due south environ. (16x25,5cm). Toile. Couverture illustr�e de l'�diteur. Protection en plastique. Quelques d�chirures. Quelques taches. Tr�south bon �tat int�rieur.
Condition: four. F8700 Attention EDITION DE 1970. RELIE. Attention CAHIERS DEBOITES. Attending RELIURE FROTTEE. LIVRE EN ANGLAIS.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have express writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More than, Spend Less.
London, Faber and Faber,1961. 110 pages + 100 plates. Original cloth. Grit jacket with tears.[#197866].
imo. Condition: Very Adept.
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p.tela edit. 110 + 100 tavv.f.t. p. in-8.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Status: NoNE. PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS (illustrator). Second EDITION. SOLID Clean AND Vivid A GREAT REFERENCE BOOK MANY PHOTOS One Modest NICK TO SPINE MUCH ON JAPANESE SWORD MAKERS THEIR MARKS MATERIALS AND HISTORY.
Condition: Off-white. London: Faber and Faber 1961. 1st. Hardcover 4to 110 pgs of text plus color and b/westward plates at rear numbered to 100. B/west illustrations in text. Good with no dust jacket. Orange/ruddy fabric with gilt. Covers edgeworn and soiled. Lite foxing to endpapers. Hinge is starting at pg 110. Contents clean and binding yet good. (swords, weapons, war machine history) Inquire if you lot need further information.
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Reprint: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles on a black label; 110pp., with eight colour plates, 104pp. of monochrome plates and many other monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; spine heel softened; some small-scale spotting to the text block edges; previous owner's proper noun in ink to the flyleaf. Price-clipped dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and edgeworn; at present backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene moving picture. Very practiced. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Terminal charges may vary depending on size and weight. This book contains detailed data about the making of blades, and also well-nigh guards and other sword furniture; there is a highly technical chapter on how to judge a blade, another on the chief schools of Japanese swordsmiths and lists of swordsmiths with their names in Japanese characters, and the schools to which they belonged, along with a thou other items of data about, for instance, care and cleaning, evolution of styles, year periods, nomenclature of parts and places of manufacture. Indispensable for the collector.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Off-white. Showtime Edition. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket; not price-clipped; yellow covers with blackness lettering and color photos of Japanese sword components to front and spine; edges slightly creased; 1.v" tear to upper right corner of front cover; scarlet cloth boards with black blocking and gold stamped lettering to spine; edges, corners, and caput and human foot of spine slightly rubbed, else fine; modest characterization sticker with the words "Charles E. Tuttle Company Rutland, Vermont" affixed to first complimentary end newspaper; else interior clean; tight binding; numerous B&W illustrations throughout, and 100 color and B&W plates tipped in at the back. B. Westward. Robinson (1912 - 2005) was a British scholar and author who specialized in Asian art and history, particularly Japanese swords and Farsi miniature paintings. The Arts of the Japanese Sword is a thorough guide to the Japanese Sword, from its history to types, fittings, forging techniques and more than. An first-class book for collectors. ; B & W and Color Plates and Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" alpine; 110 pp.
Hardcover. Status: Very Skilful. Grit Jacket Status: Poor. 1st Edition. 1st edition. (1961) Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo with 27 pages. This book is in very proficient condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior clean and tight. The dj is in poor condition with bumping and violent to corners/edges, pieces missing. Color and b/due west plates numbered to 100. Yellow spine/Black text. Size: 8vo. Swords/Asian.