BOOKS ON JAPANESE SWORDS (20).
Lot containing literature on Japanese swords, sword-making, sword-smiths and decorations. Monographs, auction- and exhibition catalogs etc. Publications in Japanese, English and Swedish. Among others: HUISH & HOLME. Catalog of the exhibition Arms and armor of ancient Japan, conducted by the Japan Society, London, in June 1905; IZZARD. One Hundred Masterpieces from the Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton [Christie's catalog 1992]; MASAYUKI. Early Japanese Sword Guards; EARLE. Lethal Elegance. The Art of Samuari Sword Fittings; ROBINSON. A Primer of Japanese Sword-Blades (1955).
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Lot containing literature on Japanese swords, sword-making, sword-smiths and decorations. Monographs, auction- and exhibition catalogs etc. Publications in Japanese, English and Swedish. Among others: HUISH & HOLME. Catalog of the exhibition Arms and armor of ancient Japan, conducted by the Japan Society, London, in June 1905; IZZARD. One Hundred Masterpieces from the Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton [Christie's catalog 1992]; MASAYUKI. Early Japanese Sword Guards; EARLE. Lethal Elegance. The Art of Samuari Sword Fittings; ROBINSON. A Primer of Japanese Sword-Blades (1955).
And more. 20 volumes in all. Not collated. Show full text
Condition
See text!