The A.B.C. of Japanese Art by Blacker, J.F

Bridgman Publishers. Weak at spine inside front cover, split at spine inside back cover, some spotting on pages. . Good. Hardcover.

Boston: Cornhill, 0000. Moderate wear to boards.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket.

London: Stanley Paul, 1922. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover in gray cloth lettered in dark brown and decorated with pair of Japaneses figures. 460 pp. + one pade ads, index, appendix of sale prices from the 1882 Hamilton Palace auction and a later, undated American auction. Numerous half-tone illustrations and addiitonal engravings in the text. The second or "New edition" (first was 1911). Good or somewhat better, shaken and with wear at the spine extremities, two ownership signatures (1927 and 1958) on the hevily offset front free endpaper. An extensive early 20th century study of Japanese art. It covers early schools and painters, great painters of later centuries, bronzes, carved works in ivory and wood, lacquer and its master , armor and arms, woven silks, embroideries and tapestries, women's fashions and men's armor, the home, tea ceremonies and the temples, potter and porcelain, several "ware" styles, color prints, artists, their signatures on prints, etc.

Stanley Paul. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (art, japanese, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Boston, MA: The Cornhill, n.d. . First of this edition. Hardcover. Good. First of this edition. Tall 8vo. 460 pages with numerous plates and index, covering a wide range of Japanese arts and culture. Maroon ribbed cloth. Good-very good. Lettering on spine evenly dulled. Hinges starting but sound. No former owner marks. A classic survey.

Stanley Paul. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. New Edition. Hardcover. Darkening to spine and text block edge, sl rubbing to spine ends and corners of bds, with sl browning to edges, previous owner's name to ffep/ ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 460 pages .

19. BLACKER, J.F. THE ABC OF JAPANESE ART. with forty-nine half-tone illustrations, printed on art paper, and numerous illustration in the text. London: Stanley Paul & Co, (New and cheap edition 1929) 8vo, blue cloth; 460pp. Ex-library working copy with numbers on spine.

Paperback / softback. New.

UsedGood. No dust jacket. 1928 Stanley Paul hardcover with new library cover; white letters on blue cover; ex-library; no marks or tears in text; 460 pages.

Cornhill, Boston. Hardcover. Very Good. HB VG /no DJ modest show of wear only, no date stated, printed in GB, Cornhill