Auction catalog with 506 lots. Notations made-estimate sheet included- back cover is creased.Acceptable condition-sold as is.
Bulleting for Society for Japanese Arts: Andon, Shedding Light on Japanese Art. A wonderful resource on all aspects of Japanese art. ISSN: 0168-2997
Issues included: First Year (1981) 1-4; Second Year (1982) 5-7; No. 9-11 (1983).
Condition: shelf wear, staining and soiling. Issue one has extensive creases on back cover.
"Karatsu Ware: A Tradition of Diversity" by Johanna Becker, O.S.B. 1986 First Edition, Kodansha. Clothbound Hard Cover with original dust cover. Condition - New. 220 pages57 color and 179 B/W plates, illustrations, map, kiln list, and glossary.
"Here, for the first time in English, a noted scholars examines this famous and important pottery and its tradition, throwing light on the diversity of Karatsu forms and glaze effects...
A Panorama of Ceramics in the Collection of the National Palace Museum : Chun Wares
Best book ever written on Jun stoneware, great close ups. In excellent condition, one scuff on upper right hand dust cover, with original box. These sell for $700- $900 on Amazon and the other usual suspects...
DESCRIPTION: From the jacket: “Art of Japan brings us a sweeping view of the long-lived Japanese culture in all its brilliance and beauty. Never before have all of the major arts been available in a single volume.” This large tome (622 pages) is in beautiful, like new condition. The book covers Japanese history and religion as it specifically relates to its art forms and architecture, and spans time from prehistoric ages through the Meiji Period...
An oversized paperback edition published in 1981 by Boscobel Restoration Inc. and Harry Abrams. Text by Berry B. Tracy with painting documentation by Mary Black. 215 illustrations~166 plates in full color. In very good condition.
A copy of the 1982 book "Wright Morris/Photographs & Words", this being one of 500 copies of the first edition, signed by the photographer. The book measures 12" by 9 3/4". There is no dust jacket. The book is in good but not mint condition. There is normal wear to the covers, including a small stain above "WRIGHT", and a slightly musty smell, the book having perhaps been in a damp location at some point...
An oversized illustrated hard cover with dust jacket published in 1966 by Viking.The jacket shows wear otherwise fine. 120pp.
A large hard cover with dust jacket published in 1989 by Harry N. Abrams Inc. Very good condition. 192pp.
The size of Book: 13 3/4" L x 10 1/2" W x 1/4"
The Title of Book: Kakiemon
Total of Page: 99 pages, Total of Color Plates: 180 items...
Four hundred lots are noted in this auction catalog along with a final tally sheet.Furniture, clocks rugs, etc.
A beautiful limited reference book containing the collection of the Baur Museum in Geneva, Switzerland of "Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Metalwork", written by Basil William Robinson (former in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London). Hardback with 444 pages, 752 illustrations (several in color), section with signatures. Cloth with dustjacket, printed 1980 in a limited numbered edition of 1600, this is No. 52. Condition: fine. Dimension: c. 28.8 cm x 24 cm x 5.1 cm, 3 kg.
A clean, fresh copy of the 1983 hard cover book "Winners/My Thirty Years in Sports", hand signed and inscribed to the previous owners, by the famous late American artist of all things sports, LEROY NEIMAN (1921-2012). The 13 1/4" by 10 1/4" handsome, lavishly illustrated book is really one of the finest Neiman books, nicely organized by sport, with many paintings and drawings illustrated, most shown in color. There is no dust jacket. Only the lightest dust and soiling on the cloth covers...
A copy of ROBERT GENN IN PRAISE OF PAINTING MERRITT 1981 a self-authored 133 page profusely illustrated art book, published in 1981 by Merritt Publishing of Vancouver, British Columbia. The illustrations are in colour and black and white, and this 12-1/2" x 9" book is in MINT unmarred condition. It also has the original dust jacket in superb condition as well, with only the slightest, barely noticeable edge bumps...
"Tsujigahana: The Flower of Japanese Textile Art" by Toshiko Ito. 1985 First Edition. Clothbound Hardcover with original dust jacket. Condition-New. 202 pages, numerous color plates.
"In this book, not only is the beauty of tsujigahana spectacularly reproduced for those making their first acquaintance with the subject, but a Japanese scholar at the leading edge of research casts a penetrating light on te background, technique, and chronology of the art."
"Yoshitoshi: The Splendid Decadent. The Last Master of Ukiyo-e" by Shinichi Sehi, translated by Alfred Birmbaum.
1985 First Edition, Kodansha. Clothbound Hardcover with original dust jacket. Condition - New. 157 pages, over 60 color plates and 80 B/W prints.
"That Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) was an artist of rare talent can hardly be disputed. That he was, moreover, the last great master of Ukiyo-e prints is becoming more widely recognized...
Written by John Mack and published in 1988 by Harry Abrams, this is a former library hard cover with dust jacket. In good condition, there is an old library "due date" paste down and stamp. One hundred seventy(170) illustrations with 120 colored plates. 207pp.
A copy of the hard cover book "VASARELY", by Gaston Diehl, published 1976 by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, printed in Hungary that year. The book was translated from the French by Eileen B. Hennessy. Condition is typical used; acceptable; cover soiling, pages 7-8 are completely loose, with others nearby loose but still attached...