Japanese Joinery: A Handbook for Joiners and Carpenters by Yasuo Nakahara - 1983

Book cover like new - pages clean and unmarked, lightly tanned – spine like new.
Protected in clear jacket cover, very slight shelf wear.
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The growing appreciation of Japanese Art and architecture in the West has extended to the Japanese way with flowers. This book is intended as a complete introduction to Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement. Beginning with the history and development of the art, and its place in Japanese culture, we introduce the reader to the eleven basic styles. Next comes a large section devoted to vases, materials, tools, and methods. Text and pictures explain how to keep flowers fresh, how to select and prepare both fresh and dried materials, and how to make the most effective use of them. Twelve lessons in creating arrangements in the moibana style follow. I have tried to make this the most carefully detailed and profusely… Read More

2 volume set. Book covers like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spines like new.
Jackets like new; protected in mylar covers.
Slipcase like new, light shelf wear.
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This survey of the changing styles in European silver dates from the early Renaissance, with its roots in the late Gothic, up to the products of Industrial Revolution. The subject is treated internationally and presents a more comprehensive history of the goldsmiths' and silversmiths' art of this period than has hitherto been available. The book is published in two volumes. Volume I comprises the text (which has one hundred and forty margin illustrations to indicate influences and changes in both shape and ornamentation). Volume II contains over a thousand photographs fully illustrating the text.

Book cover near new, very light shelf wear - pages clean and bright with modest highlighting on 8 pages, not obscuring text – spine like new.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
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Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. Gold ribbon marker.
Jacket like new, very slight shelf wear.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library.
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Illustrated with selections from the holdings of the Musée Barbier-Mueller in Geneva, Switzerland. With 170 illustrations in full color.

Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
No dust jacket issued with this book.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library.
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The book is partitioned into four sequential and interdependent sections. Section 1 covers the tools, their purposes, uses and maintenance. Section 2 describes each phase of the bead setting procedure and the sub-components. Section 3 applies the bead setting procedure to a variety of situations and expanding to fancy shapes. Section 4 defines and illustrates pave setting with various shapes of clusters present.

Book cover like new - pages clean and unmarked, lightly tanned – spine like new.
Protected in clear jacket cover, very slight shelf wear.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
The growing appreciation of Japanese Art and architecture in the West has extended to the Japanese way with flowers. This book is intended as a complete introduction to Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement. Beginning with the history and development of the art, and its place in Japanese culture, we introduce the reader to the eleven basic styles. Next comes a large section devoted to vases, materials, tools, and methods. Text and pictures explain how to keep flowers fresh, how to select and prepare both fresh and dried materials, and how to make the most effective use of them. Twelve lessons in creating arrangements in the moibana style follow. I have tried to make this the most carefully detailed and profusely… Read More

2 volume set. Book covers like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spines like new.
Jackets like new; protected in mylar covers.
Slipcase like new, light shelf wear.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
This survey of the changing styles in European silver dates from the early Renaissance, with its roots in the late Gothic, up to the products of Industrial Revolution. The subject is treated internationally and presents a more comprehensive history of the goldsmiths' and silversmiths' art of this period than has hitherto been available. The book is published in two volumes. Volume I comprises the text (which has one hundred and forty margin illustrations to indicate influences and changes in both shape and ornamentation). Volume II contains over a thousand photographs fully illustrating the text.

Book cover near new, very light shelf wear - pages clean and bright with modest highlighting on 8 pages, not obscuring text – spine like new.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."

Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. Gold ribbon marker.
Jacket like new, very slight shelf wear.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
Illustrated with selections from the holdings of the Musée Barbier-Mueller in Geneva, Switzerland. With 170 illustrations in full color.

Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
No dust jacket issued with this book.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
The book is partitioned into four sequential and interdependent sections. Section 1 covers the tools, their purposes, uses and maintenance. Section 2 describes each phase of the bead setting procedure and the sub-components. Section 3 applies the bead setting procedure to a variety of situations and expanding to fancy shapes. Section 4 defines and illustrates pave setting with various shapes of clusters present.