Search Results: the art of the netsuke carver by meinertzhagen frederick

Routledge & Kegan Paul 1956. Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 80pp + plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling/paper residue to boards, heavy crease to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & closed tearing to edges & spine with heavy loss & tidy archival tape repairs, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

Hollywood, FL: Kurstin-Schneider, 1975. Second authorized edition, number 35 of 1000 copies printed. Green hardcover with dustjacket, flyer for this book laid in loosely at the front. the book has some very light shelfwear, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and looks very good on the outside but has some tape repairs to the reverse side, light shelf soil, light edge rubbing, no chips.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

80 pp. + XVI b/w plates with numerous illustrations, index, key to signatures. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1956. Hbk. Dustjacket slightly damaged. KEYWORDS: 025 Japan - Netsuke - Inro - Lacquer etc.

London: Routledge & Kegan, 1956. v-viii, 80pp; b/w plates to rear; green boards with gilt title to spine, yellow d/j torn and has bits missing; private library label inside.. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1956. First Edition. Oversize Hardback. Very Good/Poor. XL. Book is in dark green cloth with lightly bumped corners. Previous owner's name on front end paper, a paperclip rust stain on inside front cover. 80 pages with about 25 in the back on glossy paper with numbered examples of netsuke from the author's collection, perhaps 8 examples per page in b&w photos. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is in tatters with large open tears, now wrapped in a protective cover. The author, a London antique dealer, gives an historical and critical account both of the more notable individual netsuke craftsmen and a detailed accounting of the schools formed in the principal towns. Publisher's page contains the words ""First published"" and the date. Contents include netsuke, function and form, The makin gof netsuke, materials and technique, History of ... The author's collection.

1956. MEINERTZHAGEN, Frederick. THE ART OF THE NETSUKE CARVER. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, (1956). vii,80 pp., + 20 pp. illustrations. Quarto, green cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Boards are slightly bowed. Clean text. The last few pages of illustrations are slightly moisture rippled. but not stained, and the final page is foxed. Good plus.