Japanese Sword Essentials
A profusely illustrated study of Japanese swords
Author
Yoshiaki Limura
Publisher
Unknown, Japan, 1961
Printing Details
c.1961. Assumed first or early Japanese edition. Limp cloth boards, with gilt titling to spine and upper board. 17 × 11cm, 216pp + 356pp. Japanese text.
A comprehensive and profusely illustrated guide to Japanese swords, with black and white plates throughout and fold out maps. The title and printing details are a little bit of guesswork by me but I don't think I'm far off.
Condition
This copy is in very good condition. The inner binding is secure, the pages are clean and the boards are in good order. There is some light spotting to the page edges but otherwise a very solid copy.
Price
£120.00
