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Hollywood, CA: W. M. Hawley, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 16pp. Illustrated stapled yellow wrappers, b&w illustrations. A list of important honorary titles with links to over 1000 smiths using them. Willis M. Hawley (1896-1987) spent the greater portion of his life collecting, trading and preserving books and artifacts dealing..... More
Hollywood, CA: W. M. Hawley, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 16pp. Illustrated stapled yellow wrappers, b&w illustrations. Major schools with their locations, famous smiths and time periods. Willis M. Hawley (1896-1987) spent the greater portion of his life collecting, trading and preserving books and artifacts dealing primarily with the Far..... More
Hollywood, CA: W. M. Hawley, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 16pp. Illustrated stapled yellow wrappers, b&w illustrations. Shows various methods of making steel and combining of laminations. Willis M. Hawley (1896-1987) spent the greater portion of his life collecting, trading and preserving books and artifacts dealing primarily with the Far..... More
Hollywood, CA: W. M. Hawley, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 12pp. Illustrated stapled yellow wrappers, b&w illustrations. Examples of temper lines in Japanese swords; who used them; etc. Willis M. Hawley (1896-1987) spent the greater portion of his life collecting, trading and preserving books and artifacts dealing primarily with the..... More
New York: Christie Manson & Woods Intl Inc, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio in slipcase. 321pp, (ipp). Original black cloth with gilt titling within gilt border on cover and spine, glossary and bibliography, colour and b&w illustrations. A lavish production presenting the sword and sword fitting collection of Dr. Walter..... More
London: Holland Press, 1975. Third Impression. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 176pp + b&w fold-out, 34pp + xxvi (index). Original fine brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, b&w illustrations. A nice reprint of the English language translation of two books by eighteenth century Japanese authors on the subject of..... More
Japan: The Himeji Branch of the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Folio. 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Approx. 164 pages in Japanese + 10pp introduction and list of plates and map in English. Original dark-blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and..... More
San Rafael, CA: San Raphael Token Benkyo Kai, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 72pp. Illustrated in colour and b&w, glossary. Produced in conjunction with an exhibit at the Pacific Asian Museum in Pasadena from March to June 2005, this comprises a collection of photos and essays on swords made by..... More
Tokyo / New York / London: Kodansha International, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 224pp. Silver and grey papered boards, lettered on spine and upper board, b&w illustrations throughout. From the publisher: "The authors describe the most recent period of sword history, and present the work of key craftsmen active..... More
Albuquerque NM: Japanese Sword Society of the United States, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes (complete). viii + 204pp. & viii + 212pp + 94pp. Spiral bound glossy card covers. A complete reference on Sue-Koto: Japanese Swords of the 15th and 16th centuries. Very light rubbing to covers -..... More
Ambler, Pennsylvania: Japanese Sword Society of the United States, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. vi + 120pp. Stiff card covers lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine, maps, b&w illustrations. The fourth issue of The Bulletin of the Japanese Sword Society of the United States. Contains: The Characteristics of..... More
Wallingford, Pennsylvania: Japanese Sword Society of the United States, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. vi + 114pp. Stiff card covers lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine, maps, b&w illustrations. The seventh issue of The Bulletin of the Japanese Sword Society of the United States. Contains: Kyoto Gokaji Zakkan..... More
Ambler, Pennsylvania: Japanese Sword Society of the United States, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. viii + 106pp + ipp advert. Stiff card covers lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine, maps, b&w illustrations. The first issue of The Bulletin of the Japanese Sword Society of the United States. Contains..... More
Ambler, Pennsylvania: Japanese Sword Society of the United States, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. vi + 128pp + ipp advert. Stiff card covers lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine, maps, b&w illustrations. The second issue of The Bulletin of the Japanese Sword Society of the United States. Contains..... More
Ambler, Pennsylvania: Japanese Sword Society of the United States, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. vi + 108pp + ipp advert. Stiff card covers lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine, maps, b&w illustrations. The third issue of The Bulletin of the Japanese Sword Society of the United States. Contains..... More
Oslo: A. W. Broggers Boktrykkeri, 1931. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. Eccentrically paginated 47- 64pp. Original beige stapled wrappers lettered in black on upper cover, well illustrated in b&w. Presumably an off-print from the journal of the Oslo Etnografiske Museum. It comprises two articles, Solveig Larssen's "A Guayaqui Collection" and A...... More
Los Angeles, CA: Municipal Art Patrons of Los Angeles and Southern California To-Ken Kai, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 68pp. Spiral bound illustrated card covers, b&w illustrations, bibliography. Historical survey of ancient Japanese arms and armor produced to accompany an exhibit at the Municipal Art Gallery, in Barnsdall Park, Los..... More
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Japan: Osaka Shinsaibashi Minami, 1865. Softcover. 10 x 7 1/8 inches. Approx. 54pp. String ties. Limp blue boards with paper title-label. On double leaves, bound in fukurotoji style. TEXT IN JAPANESE. A work illustrating the Misho school of flower arranging. Light overall wear, a few marks. Still VG condition... More
Independence MO: H. S. M. Publications, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 126pp + ipp author biography. Red textured cloth, with gilt lettering to spine, b&w and colour illustrations, map frontis, colour and b&w illustrations, glossary. A general reference, includes chapters: History, Nomenclature, Parts of the Sword, Knowing What You Have..... More
Tokyo / New York / London: Kodansha, 1997. First English language edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xviii + 356pp. Original grey and taupe papered boards with titling to spine and upper board, Koto Dozen lists, glossary and index. B&w illustrations. First published in Japanese in 1995 as "Token Kantei Tokuhon". From..... More
Japan: Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai, [ 1957 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 12 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches. Approx. 26pp of text (in Japanese) + 226pp of black and white photographic plates. Original grey cloth with blue titling to front board. Original cardboard slip-case. TEXT IN JAPANESE. Generously illustrated..... More
Japan: Nippon Bijutsu Token Hozn Kyokai. Softcover. 10 x 7 1/8 inches. Approx. 54 pages. Original heavy printed paper wrappers. TEXT IN JAPANESE. Generously illustrated in black and white. Showcases selected swords of the best sword makers of the Shinto era, photographed to show examples of the signature and the..... More
Boston MA: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Folio. ( 14 1/4 x 10 inches) ii +38pp. Beige textured wrappers with black titling to upper cover. B&w photographic illustrations and line drawings. Index. A glossary published to accompany the display of Japanese Swords & Sword Furniture held..... More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. xii + 344pp. Glossy illustrated wrappers, appendices, glossary, bibliography and index. Catalogue issued to accompany the exhibition by the same name at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Numerous colour and b&w illustrations. Covers lightly rubbed, else..... More
Japan: 1977 (?). First Edition. Softcover. 8 1/2 x 6 inches. 248 pages (including 60 pages of plates on coated paper). Original limp printed faux leather wrappers, printed dust jacket. TEXT IN JAPANESE. Generously illustrated with 60 pages of black and white photographs of modern swords. This is followed by..... More
