Books and Ephemera
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4 Books on Japanese Swords. - BO 495 These are 4 books on Japanese Swords. The books are; The Samurai Sword a Handbook by John M Yumoto published by Charles E Tuttle Company, 191 pages and dust cover, The Japanese Sword, The soul of the Samurai by Gregory Irvine published by V&A Publications in 2000, 125 pages and dust cover, Japenese Sword Blades by Alfred Dobree published by the Arms and Armor Press, 73 pages in softback and Japanese Swords by Nobuo Ogasawara translated by Don Kenny, published by Hoikusha Publishing Company Limited, Japan in softback. The price includes U.K. delivery. BO 495 £110.00 |
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Joy’s List of Names and Kakihan ‘List of Names Kakihan, Collected from Sword-Mounts by Henri L. Jolly Supplementary to Shinkichi Hara’s “Meister..” ,’ first edition published by Holland Press, in Slipcase. - BO 494 This slip cased book, a first edition of Joy’s List of Names and Kakihan, the full name in the title page being List of Names Kakihan, Collected from Sword-Mounts by Henri L. Jolly Supplementary to Shinkichi Hara’s “Meister..” This slipcase hardback edition is a reprint published in 1919 by Henri L. Joly reprinted by Holland Press in 1963 and held in a slipcase. The book is in excellent condition. The price for this scarce book including the hard dark brown slipcase includes U.K. delivery. BO 494 £145.00 |
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Arai Hakuseki The Sword book in Honcho Gunkiko and the Book of Sáme Ko Hi Sei Gi of Inaba Tsurio by Henri L. Joly and Inada Hogitaro, by Holland Press in Slipcase. - BO 493 This slip cased book, a first edition of Arai Hakuseki The Sword book in Honcho Gunkiko and the Book of Sáme Ko Hi Sei Gi of Inaba Tsurio by Henri L. Joly and Inada Hogitaro. The book is the translation of two books, The Sword Book in Honcho Gunkiko and the Book of Sáme Ko Hi Sei Gi, written by two men of very different status in the 18th century. This is slipcase hardback edition is a reprint of the 200 book limited edition published in 1913 by Henri L. Joly. The book includes the fold out Synoptical Table of the Nengo. The book is in excellent condition showing little signs of being read and was published by Holland Press in 1962. The price for this scarce book including the hard dark brown slipcase includes U.K. delivery. BO 493 £145.00 |
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Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths from 1868 to the Present by Leon and Hiroko Kapp Yoshindo Yoshihara. - BO 492 Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths from 1868 to the Present by Leon and Hiroko Kapp Yoshindo Yoshihara, 224 pages, a first edition published by Kodansha International complete with its original dust cover. The book is in near mint condition and is comprehensive and invaluable resource for collectors. The price includes U.K. delivery. BO 492 £130.00 |
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Facts & Fundamentals of Japanese Swords a Collector’s Guide by Nabuo Nakahara. - BO 491 This is the excellent book Facts & Fundamentals of Japanese Swords a Collector’s Guide by Nabuo Nakahara translated by Paul Martin, 190 pages, a first edition published by Kodansha International complete with its original dust cover. The book is in near mint condition and is comprehensive and invaluable resource for collectors of traditional forged Japanese blade of whatever length. The price includes U.K. delivery. BO 491 £175.00 |
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4 Books on Japanese Swords. - BO 490 These are 4 books on Japanese Swords. The books are in excellent condition. The books are; The Samurai Sword a Handbook by John M Yumoto published by Charles E Tuttle Company, 191 pages and dust cover, The Art of the Japanese Sword by B.W. Robinson first published by Faber & Faber Limited and dust cover, The Japanese Sword a Comprehensive Guide by Kanzan Sato translated by Joe Earle, first edition published by Kodansha International 210 pages with dust cover and Military Swords of Japan 1868-1945 by Richard Fuller and Ron Gregory published by Arma and Armour Press, 127 pages, softback. The price includes U.K. delivery. BO 490 £145.00 |
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3 Books on Japanese Swords. - BO 489 These are 3 books on Japanese Swords. The books are in excellent condition. The books are; Koshirae Japanese Sword Mountings by Markus Sesko, published by Lulu Inc. 199 pages (softback). Japanese Art Signatures by James Self and Nobuko Hirose, first edition published by Bamboo Publishing, 399 pages with its original dust cover. List of Names Kakihan, Collected from Sword-Mounts by Henri L.Jolly, first edition published by Holland Press, dust cover not present. The price includes U.K. delivery. BO 489 £160.00 |
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3 Books on Japanese Swords. - BO 488 These are 3 books on Japanese Swords. The books are in excellent condition and are complete with their original colour dust covers. The books are The Connoisseur’s Book of Japanese Swords by Kokan Nagayama, 355 pages published by Kodansha International. The Craft of the Japanese Sword by Leon and Hiriko Kapp also Yoshindo Yoshihara,167 pages published by Kodansha International. Lethal Elegance, The Art of Samurai Sword Fittings, 256 pages published by MFA Publications, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. The price includes U.K. delivery. BO 488 £145.00 |
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Two Volume Hardcover Set of W.M. Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths. Both are First Editions, Copyrights 1966 & 1967. - BO 487 This is a scarce hardcover two-volume first edition set of W.M. Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths, copyrights 1966 and 1967 in excellent condition. Both books measure about 6" x 8 1/2". Volume One goes to page 491 and Volume Two continues on to page 756. The volumes are in good condition with a split on the spine cover of volume 2. (illustrated). Both volumes have had little use and are tight in their binding. Volume 1 is Japanese Swordsmiths; 13,500 names used by about 12,000 swordsmiths from 700 to 1900 AD. Published 1966. Volume 2 is Japanese Swordsmiths; Supplemental lists of 4000 swordsmiths, steel and temper line characteristics of 2500 smiths, Glossary of 1000 sword terms, thirty pages of illustrations, numerous tables. Published 1967. The price for this rare two volume set includes U.K. delivery. BO 487 £275.00 |
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British, Vietnam War Era, 4 Wall Diagrams of French Munitions. - MISC 834 Before the start of the Vietnam War, the French originally controlled Vietnam. The war commenced in 1955, British, Commonwealth and American troops being utilised. This is part of a set of 10 posters on French munitions produced by the War Office in 1961 describing the French munitions used in the war for instruction use. the posters measure 39 inches by 30 inches and have 2 reinforced eyelets at the top to enable them to be carried in a folder. The price includes U.K. delivery. MISC 834 £225.00 |
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