Brown canvas-like cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, white & red & illus. dust jacket, 199 pp., 700 color illus. Showcases the work of 79 representative carvers of Japanese netsuke, with explanatory text and full-color illustrations. This book is "an effort to advance the study of netsuke beyond the scope of the many earlier books and articles on the subject . to explore matters of special importance to the sophisticated collector. These matters, which include copies and copying, age and authenticity, commercialism, identification of signatures, and criteria for judging potential purchases, are discussed in relation to the appropriate carvers rather than as isolated topics. The result is a text of extreme interest and vitality." (dj). VG- (Bookplate & label & few marks from previous art-library owner; spine of dj is slightly faded; slight foxing to top of book block only; interior is good.). Seller Inventory # 139834

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Title: Collectors' Netsuke

Publisher: Weatherhill, New York

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: Fourth printing, 1979.

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