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Collecting Modern Japanese Prints Then & Now (Foreword by James Michener, 1994)

By: Tolman, Mary and Norman

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Rutland, Vermont, Charles E. Tuttle Co.: First printing stated

Seller ID: 3585

ISBN: 080481936X

Binding: Hard cover

Condition: Very good condition

Crisp, beautiful book, attractive inside and out. Book itself is very clean with two small creases to upper corners which lie flat and still retain sharp points. Dustjacket is likewise clean and nice, though it does have a bit of wrinkling to bottom edge of back of jacket and some and some wear top top front edge, but looks very handsome in brand new mylar cover. Lavish illustration on high quality glossy paper -- one full page per image, most in color. Book is divided into two sections, the first of which explains how the authors, with little money, managed to piece together the Tolman Collec...
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ARTS OF ASIA

By: TUYET NGUYET EDITOR

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 1982

Seller ID: 30006066

Binding: MAGAZINE

Condition: VERY GOOD

A QUARTLY MAGAZINE ON ALL FORMS OF ART ACROSS THE ASIAN WORLD . EACH ISSUE HAS SEVERAL FEATURES BY KNOWN EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD. IN THE FOUR ISSUES FOR 1982 WE FIND "CHINESE PAINTING ON SNUFF BOTTLES" "CHINESE CARVED RINOCEROS HORN CUPS" AND MUCH MORE . ALL ISSUES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION PRINTED ON HEAVY COATED STOCK WITH WONDERFULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY OF BEAUTIFUL ASIN ANTIQUES WE ALSO HAVE THE COMPLETE FOUR ISSUES FOR 1983
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In the Nature of Materials; Japanese Decorative Arts

By: Williams, Marjorie

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art: 1977

Seller ID: 1184

Binding: soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Though simply made, the one stand-out characteristic that enticed me to buy this booklet is the inclusion of beautiful pages made from textural Japanese paper used to divide sections. As you can see, it's spiral bound with a plastic comb and illustrated with black and white photographs. Covers ceramics, lacquer, metal, paintings and prints and wood. Measures 8-1/2"x11" and has 39 pages. Includes list of artists and a bibliography.
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Folk Crafts In Japan 1958 (Related ephemera Laid-in)

By: Yanagi, Soetsu

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Japan, Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai: 1958

Seller ID: 0063

Binding: Hard cover

Condition: Very good

Japanese art items call me from afar, so I was delgihted to find this handsome booklet in hard cover format. The pages are clean as a whistle, as is the cover which shows some sunning to both the spine and to the upper back corner. What's especially nice is the fact that extra goodies are hiding inside. There's a tourist leaflet about the Tokyo Museum of Folk-Crafts, plus a booklet from 1962, also published in Tokyo entitled Art Around Town with an article in English about Raku pottery. The main book is illustrated with black and white photos and one color plate for a total of 19 images. It, t...
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Masterpieces of Japanese Art Chisel, Wheel & Brush Over Twelve Centuries (1981)

By: Yanagi, Takashi

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, e England, Bluett & Sons Ltd.: 1981

Seller ID: 2510

Binding: soft cover

Condition: Very good condition

Beautiful art catalog with large photographs, several in full color. Inside the front cover of the catalog are two slips of paper. The first offers information about the preview exhibit which was at the Victoria & Albert Museum on October 26, 1981. The rest of the exhibition spanned October 27-November 27. The second slip of paper reads "With the Compliments of Takashi Yanagi of Kyoto who represented Japan. There are 23 plates showing the art and 51 pages in the catalog.It measures 8-1.2" x 11-1/2". Only fault is toning to top edge of back cover and around the margins of the pages which are pr...
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Category: Asia

Collecting Modern Japanese Prints Then & Now (Foreword by James Michener, 1994)

ARTS OF ASIA

In the Nature of Materials; Japanese Decorative Arts

Folk Crafts In Japan 1958 (Related ephemera Laid-in)

Masterpieces of Japanese Art Chisel, Wheel & Brush Over Twelve Centuries (1981)