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| The Magnificent Three: Lacquer, Netsuke, and Tsuba. Selections from the Collection of Charles A. Greenfield.
STERN, HAROLD P. Stock ID: 69090 Black and white and colour photographic plates, 141pp, bibliography, striking black laminated boards showing a crescent moon on the upper cover, minor wear head and tail of spine and corners, upper cover lifting slightly. Oblong octavo. A good copy. Includes an essay by Harold Stern. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 69090) ... more |
AU$60.00 |
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| Thai Lacquer and Gilt Bookcases. Part One. (Ayudhya and Dhonburi Periods).
[NATIONAL LIBRARY OF THAILAND]. Stock ID: 74466 Pictorial endpapers, 165 full page black and gold photographic plates captioned and described in Thai with brief notations in English, very occasional offsetting, 310pp, a little pale foxing on title page, silk covered boards, gilt lettering upper cover and spine, dustjacket worn at extremities, now protected with acid free, fully recyclable polypropylene covering. Text in Thai, with the exception of prefaces in English and Thai. A very interesting record of these unique bookcases. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 74466) ... more |
AU$125.00 |
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| Catalogue of a Small Collection of Japanese Lacquer made by James Orange.
ORANGE, JAMES. Stock ID: 13003 58 pages of text, 50 leaves of collotype plates showing 171 objects. Bound in Japanese style, floral endpapers printed in gold with applied black lacquer decoration. Inscribed "Mr and Mrs H.W. Bird with best regards J.O" one prelim. Binding considerably worn and damaged, cloth on lower cover has been removed leaving slightly torn paper covered boards, some insect damage spine, endpapers little creased, occasional creases and small tears on tissue guards, neat name slightly browned first blank, still contents quite good. quarto. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 13003) ... more |
AU$350.00 |