The A. B. C. of Japanese Art de Blacker, J. F - n.d.

London: Stanley Paul & Co. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige boards with green, blue and black illustration and dark brown titling. Unmarked but for gift inscription dated 1919 to fep. B&W frontis with tissue guard. Deckle page edgess. Profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Spine and gutters starting. Good only condition. 460 numbered pages.

Bridgman Publishers. Weak at spine inside front cover, split at spine inside back cover, some spotting on pages. . Good. Hardcover.

Boston: Cornhill, 0000. Moderate wear to boards.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket.

London: Stanley Paul, 1922. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover in gray cloth lettered in dark brown and decorated with pair of Japaneses figures. 460 pp. + one pade ads, index, appendix of sale prices from the 1882 Hamilton Palace auction and a later, undated American auction. Numerous half-tone illustrations and addiitonal engravings in the text. The second or "New edition" (first was 1911). Good or somewhat better, shaken and with wear at the spine extremities, two ownership signatures (1927 and 1958) on the hevily offset front free endpaper. An extensive early 20th century study of Japanese art. It covers early schools and painters, great painters of later centuries, bronzes, carved works in ivory and wood, lacquer and its master , armor and arms, woven silks, embroideries and tapestries, women's fashions and men's armor, the home, tea ceremonies and the temples, potter and porcelain, several "ware" styles, color prints, artists, their signatures on prints, etc.

Stanley Paul. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (art, japanese, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

19. BLACKER, J.F. THE ABC OF JAPANESE ART. with forty-nine half-tone illustrations, printed on art paper, and numerous illustration in the text. London: Stanley Paul & Co, (New and cheap edition 1929) 8vo, blue cloth; 460pp. Ex-library working copy with numbers on spine.

Boston: Cornhill Publishing Co., nd. Early reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo, rebound in half black morocco and tan boards (binding signed "W. H. French"), top edge gilt, others untrimmed; 460 pp., frontispiece and 48 half-tone plates, many illustrations in the text. Finely bound copy of this classic work on Japanese art.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New.

Cornhill, Boston. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Cover boards are in good condition. Interior pages are clean and free of markings. Binding is tight. Endpaper has Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.