The Garrett Collection--Japanese Art: Lacquer, Inro, Netsuke Tapa dura - 1991

Dauphin Publishing Limited, London, 1993 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket).; 25 x 32 cm; 2.4 Kg; 325 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; Used book. Interior as new. Signs of wear on the hardcover cloth. Lacks the dust jacket.; "The Garrett Collection of Japanese Lacquer, inrõ, and netsuke offers an unusual research opportunity. As a virtually undisturbed first-generation collection, one of the few in the United States, one gains valuable insights into the collecting habits of one family. Also, light is shed on the availability of certain objects in the late nineteenth century, contemporary opinions and attributions to both the authorship and date of manufacture, as well as sense of the general level of knowledge held by Westerners about the Orient. The extensive holdings of mask netsuke alone afford one not only the opportunity to compare the nuances of the masks to one another, but also to their models, the… Leer más

Dauphin Pub, 1993T. hardcover. Very Good. 0.7283 in x 8.4291 in x 5.8504 in. Signed by the author and inscribed on the half title page: To Maura Morey, with warmest wishes, Neil K. Davey. No other markings in book. Lightly read if read at all. DJ with shelf wear.

Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1991 first edition hardback in fine condition. No marks, clean and bright, tight binding, flawless black cloth boards, almost like new. In its original, unclipped dust wrapper with minimal shelf wear. A lovely copy. This is a heavy item which may require additional postage. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

London : Dauphin Publishing, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Front board starting. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 325 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. Notes; Collection donated in 1942 to Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-325) and indexes. Subjects; Garrett, John Work (1872-1942) Art collections Catalogs. Garrett, Thomas Harrison (1848-1888) Art collections Catalogs. Garrett family. Garrett family Art collections ; Catalogs. Garrett, John Work 1820-1884 Art collections. Garrett, T. Harrison Art collections. Johns Hopkins University Catalogs. Inro Catalogs. Lacquer boxes Japan Catalogs. Netsukes Catalogs. Art, Japanese ; Catalogs. Lacquer and lacquering, Japanese. Lacquer and lacquering Japan. Art Private collections. Inro. Lacquer Public collections. Netsuke Public… Leer más

Dauphin Pub. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!