Japanese Porcelain

New York: Praeger, 1965. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Nice-looking, structurally sound copy bound in green cloth over boards, being the First U.S. Edition, with fine frontis illustration in full color, with a Foreword by Richard de la mare, with four full-color plates and 120 in black-and-white and printed on high-gloss paper. Discusses major periods of Japanese porcelain origins and development, export trade therein, the Imari and other Arita wares, blue and white porcelains, Kutani wares, Nabeshima, Hirado and other wares, and lists of kiln sites. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii + 351 [1] pp. + plates, then a fold-out map of the "Chief porcelain kiln sites in Kyushu with inset of Kutani kiln.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.