Alnwick, UK: Harehope Publications, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, quarto size volume bound in black cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's black dust-jacket. 368 pages. Edited by Joe Earle. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. First edition. The first reliable guide to Japanese inro artists containing 2,704 entires with more than 2,000 photographs. Inro are small traditional Japanese cases, "often highly decorated with various materials such as lacquer and various techniques such as maki-e," typically referred to a a medicine case. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unread and unmarked copy, like new. As new in an as new dust-jacket. .

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Bookseller: Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020661
Title: The Index of Inro Artists
Author: Wrangham, E. A
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0952519445
ISBN 13: 9780952519447
Publisher: Harehope Publications
Place of Publication: Alnwick, UK
Date Published: 1995
Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Keywords: Art, Japanese Artists, Lacquer Work, Inro (small case), Reference
Bookseller catalogs: Japan; Arts and Crafts;

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