Media / Ivory & Bone from LEFT COAST BOOKS

London: British Museum Press, 1978. 16 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

London: Chatto & Windus, 2011. Pictorial boards, 418 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), genealogical tables, maps, portraits; 24 cm. Ribbon bookmark. Revised and Illustrated Edition. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear. First thus. The author, a famous ceramicist, relates the story of his inheritance: 360 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory carvings. "Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having… Read more about this item

New York: Picador, 2011. 354 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. The author, a famous ceramicist, relates the story of his inheritance: 360 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory carvings. "Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots--which are then sold, collected, and handed on--he has a particular sense of the secret lives of objects.… Read more about this item

New York: Picador, 2011. 354 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. The author, a famous ceramicist, relates the story of his inheritance: 360 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory carvings. A lovely, very well-written book. "Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots--which are then sold, collected, and handed on--he has… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1987. 255 pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Corner creasing/front cover. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Folio.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981. 112 pages, illustrations (some colour); 22 x 26 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. CONTENTS: The elephant in mythology and literature; The elephant in art; Ganesa the elephant-headed god; Ivories.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong. Collectible.

Anchorage, AK: Dale Kessler, 1994. 100 pages, chiefly colour illustrations, portraits; 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Stated First Edition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

London: Hamlyn, 1973. Cloth, 96 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Map on lining papers. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket with moderate edgewear/taped at extremities. CONTENTS: The First comers; The Northlanders; Changing Arctic; Modern times; Eskimo art and artists. Profusely illustrated.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the American Federation of Arts, 1986. 132 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts. AFA Exhibition 86-4. Circulated July 1986 to January 1988. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by… Read more about this item

Rutland, VT, and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1966. Cloth, 551 pages, plates; 27 cm. First published 1905. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. First edition thus. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.

Chicago and Minneapolis: Paragon Publishing: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1999. 197 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Produced in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minn., April 4 to July 5, 1998 and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, August 21 to October 24, 1999. Near fine. Firm binding, clean… Read more about this item