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New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1962. First US Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ shows scuffing and soiling along with edge and corner wear/creases/small tears. Orange cloth boards underneath are clean and bright with only minor edge and corner bumps. The internal binding is good and text pages are tight. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no handwriting, no remainder marks. There is some light toning to the page edges and the pastedown and end pages also show toning from reacting to the dust jacket.

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1962. Hardcover. First American Edition. Near Fine with light wear at crown and heel in a Very Good+ dust jacket with some wear at the top two tips and at the crown. Clothbound hardback. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. 296 pages plus a fold-out chronological table at the back; 8 color plates, 239 b&w photos; 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Price sheets for an exhibit of "Contemporary Japanese Pottery" laid in. Out of Print. This is the first book to cover the field of Japanese decorative arts with a fully documented text in a single volume. The historical information concentrates on questions affecting technological and stylistic developments, and ceramics, metalwork, lacquer, netsuke carving, leatherwork and basketry are treated in separate sections. The names and genealogies of craftsmen are recorded, Japanese systems of dating are explained and tabulated, and a bibliography provided which is the fullest to appear in a western language. The… Read More

London,, 1962. First U. K. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good indeed, a little rubbed at corners of boards and spine ends. In very good dust jacket, also a little rubbed at corners and spine ends, a bit faded at spine.. 8vo. pp 296, plus fold-out chronology table. Colour illustrated dust jacket lettered in black. Publisher's bright red buckram lettered in gilt on black at spine. Illustrated in black and white, and colour.

London: Faber & Faber, 1962.. 8vo. 296 pp. Hard Cover. Very Good. Red cloth covered boards. Dust Jacket Very Good. Minor shelf wear, wear along top edge, and chips to corners and head of spine. Underlining on some pages of first chapters. Color and B&W plates and illustrations throughout, map.Provenance: Ex-libris. Originally from the Oliver Collection of the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Library. Library book plate, and other library markings present on spine and inside front cover.