The Go Collection of Netsuke by Arakawa, Hirokazu - 1983

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1983. Hardcover. VG-/VG- ex-library copy with stamps, card pocket and call number label on spine, barcode sticker on slipcase, light extremities wear and soiling/scuffing to book and slipcase.. Gray cloth boards with gilt stamped illustration and spine lettering. Color-illustrated hardshell slipcase with green, black, and brown lettering. 260 pp. BW and color illustrations. Contents: Introduction, Color Plates, The Origins of Inro and Their Relationship to Netsuke, The Origins and Development of Netsuke, Types of Netsuke, Netsuke Designs, Netsuke Artists, Ojime, Appendices: Biographical Sketches of Netsuke Msters Represented in the Go Collection, Bibliographic Notes to Primary Sources Cited, Bibliography of Secondary Sources, Classification of Netsuke Designs, Monochrome Plates of The Carrying Cases, Miniature Gigaku Masks by Kano Tessai in the Go Collection, Notes to the Color Plates, Making Netsuke, Index.

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to. Full grey cloth stamped with gold lettering to spine and illustration to front board. 60 pp. Beautifully illustrated with colour and B&W photographs. Spine sunned, else fine. No jacket as issued. In custom fine slipcase.

New York: Kodansha, 1983. hardcover. very good(+). Profusely illustrated i color. Tall 4to, grey cloth, spine sunned; pictorial board slipcase, edgeworn and with some crinkling to lamination on rear panel. (New York): Kodansha, (1983). A very good(+) copy.<br/><br/>