. 1987, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1870076044I5N01
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 41149900-6
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light foxing to page edge, VERY GOOD in jacket, free of any former owner marking of any kind. Seller Inventory # 25-9 rbb art history blue/white
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 400 p. Book. Seller Inventory # 500050108
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. 8vo. Pp: 399. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Blue dust jacket with white lettering. Publisher's blue buckram boards lettered in gilt at spine. Black and white illustrations. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page: "Mrs Evans from her Otomodachi (friend), Nobuko Hirose March 1988".ISBN: 9781870076043 Fine in very good dust jacket. Line of light toning to title page (approx. 7cm long). Some fading to back of dust jacket. Seller Inventory # C70905
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Blue DJ with white lettering and design; blue boards with gilt lettering; 399 pp.; richly illustrated. English text and Japanese signatures. Good- (Boards are moderately edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; spine is heavily worn at both ends; corners are bowed inward; textblock edges are lightly toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; textblock is cracked; interior is lightly toned at the edges and lightly occasionally foxed.) Poor (DJ has large chips missing and heavy edgewear and shelfwear.). Seller Inventory # 198411
Seller: Weiss Lane Books, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Wonderful vintage copy of Japanese Art Signatures by James Self and Nobuko Hirose. Published in 1987 by Bamboo Publishing Ltd. of New York. The hardcover book and dust jacket are in very good condition for their ages, with minimal wear to the covers and edges. Great find at a great price! Please note the S&H charges, which include USPS postage, materials, and handling. Pictured bookends are not included in the sale. Seller Inventory # 155523189971
Seller: Jorge Welsh Books, Lisboa, Portugal
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 17.5 x 25 cm, 0.7 kg; 399 pages.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket shows wear marks, edge wear, scuffs and scratches, and the spine is slightly faded. Interior in good condition apart from the first two pages which are slightly glued to each other and the rear of the back cover which has a glued bookseller sticker.; Here, at last, is a comprehensive, authoritative and easy-to-use research aid for reading Japanese art signatures. Designed both for the layman and the scholar, this book presents a simplified approach, one which should enable the reader to translate successfully most of the signatures likely to be encountered, whether on paintings, woodblock prints, netsuke, lacquer, inro, swords or any other form of Japanese handicraft. In terms of its subject, its range and the abundance of related information it is unprecedented among works in this field. Its distinctive features include: A dictionary of hand-written Kaisho characters; Location of dictionary characters through: The Radical Index or the Stroke Count Index; Facsimile of over 300 artist's signatures; A selection of 300 modified, variant and debased characters; An index of over 11,000 names of artists and craftsmen, all cross referenced to the character dictionary; An index of provinces, towns and place names; A section on dates and how to read them including both the Nengo and the Cycle systems; Reproductions of date and censor seals on woodblock prints; Reproductions of publishers' trade marks and seals; Reproduction of actors' and Genji mon; Instructions on placement of signatures, how to read partly erased signatures, a step-by-step guide through signature reading, etc. Seller Inventory # 2394B
Seller: Antiquariat im OPUS, Silvia Morch-Israel, Oppenheim, Germany
Condition: Gut. 399 S., mit zahlreichen Abbildungen Schutzumschlag berieben und mit Randbeschädigungen. Insgesamt gut erhalten. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 680 Leineneinband, Schutzumschlag, ca. 25,2 x 17,8 cm. Seller Inventory # 15044
Seller: Object Relations IOBA PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine book in VG jacket with 1" closed tear to botto front corner. Seller Inventory # 018545
Quantity: 1 available