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REFERENCE BOOKS

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Lot 568

A study library of reference books and auction catalogues relating to Japanese art

7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A study library of reference books and auction catalogues relating to Japanese art

Barry Davies Oriental Art, Inro: One Hundred Selected Masterpieces, An Exhibition of important Inro, 12-25 June 1993, Barry Davies Oriental Art, First Edition, 1993; Bushell, Raymond, The Inro Handbook: Studies of Netsuke, Inro, and Lacquer, Weatherhill, New York, Tokyo, First Edition, 1979 (signed and dedicated by the author); Davey, Neil K., Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study based on the M. T. Hindson Collection, preface by W. W. Winkworth, Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications Limited, First Edition, 1974; Illing, Richard, Japanese Erotic Art and the Life of the Courtesan, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, First Edition, 1978; Jahss, Melvin and Betty, Inro and other miniature forms of Japanese Lacquer Art, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo, First Edition, 1971; Lazarnick, George, The Signature Book of Netsuke, Inro and Ojime Artists in Photographs, foreword by Neil K. Davey, Reed Publishers, Hawaii, First Edition, 1976, (signed and dedicated by the author, limited edition 38/500); Robinson, B. W., Cahier des Collections Baur: Ornements de Sabres Japonais, Japanese Sword-Fittings, Les Cahiers des Collections Baur No.1, Geneva, 1988; Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I, March 1974; Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part III, March 1977; Ueda, Reikichi, The Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi, adapted from the Japanese by Raymond Bushell, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo, 1967. (10).

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