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For Sale: Hawley's & Connoisseur's book of Japanese Swords

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I couldn't bring myself to sell any of my other books in the end so only these 2.

 

Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths: Revised - 1981, Hardbound, 9" x 11” ,1096 pages in English. In excellent condition minus a tiny stain on the last 4 pages and a few mild creases to the cover. This is one of the essential books on Nihonto listing over 30.000 smiths in aphabetical order alongside Kanji used in their mei, provinces and more. A must have for any serious collector. £260/$425 + shipping.

 

The Connoisseur's book of Japanese Swords by Kokan Nagayama - 1997, Harbound w/ Dust cover, 355 pages in English. This is in "like new" condition, absolutely pristine and still has that new book smell. This for me is the first book any collector should buy as it provides good all around knowledge on all aspects of the Art Sword along with Kantei points and information on all the major schools and traditions in an easy to read format. £110/$175 + shipping. On Hold

 

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The prices seem pretty reasonable to me, compared to what they've been for the past 3 or 4 years anyway. $300-400 for 1966 set, $400-500 for revised 1981 and $450-$550 for centenary has been the going rate for as long as I've been on these forums. I prefer the revised personally as it's in 1 volume although I believe it's missing 1 or maybe 2 pages compared to the centenary edition and some of the pages are printed faintly. Easy to carry around to sword shows and whatnot comparatively and it's hardback. It's not specifically for beginners but more in the intermediate range however before Markus's book it was one of 4 or 5 books every collector should own. Still in that category but Markus's index has a lot of the same information but it's nice to have both.

 

The connoisseur's is imho the best book a beginner can by bar none. If you knew nothing about swords whatsoever I'd recommend firstly The Craft of the Japanese sword for background information, forging etc along with watching documentaries on the subject and secondly Connoisseur's as it's so valuable in regards to kantei, overall sword shapes/terms etc and a lot of information on the best smiths and schools. After that maybe a picture book such as one of the compton collection ones before specialist books on your favourite schools (hizen-to) and finally Hawley's and the Japanese books like Nihon to Koza and Fujishiro. I'm still waiting on getting my first couple of Nihonto before splashing out on those last 2.

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The big brown is revised and has more entry, the blue is in two vol, id bet you have the bigger one, I have the second small blue but would be hard to part with as it shows many gendai smith and which teacher they were connected with.

 

Why not sell your blue to him and then buy my brown :glee:

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The big brown is revised and has more entry, the blue is in two vol, id bet you have the bigger one, I have the second small blue but would be hard to part with as it shows many gendai smith and which teacher they were connected with.

 

Why not sell your blue to him and then buy my brown :glee:

 

:lol: I don't think anyone but me would want this one. It has notes in the margins and corrections on smiths written. I had a second one that was absolutely pristine. Even had the rice paper over the red seal on the title page. I sold it and made a few bucks as I'm the kind of person that uses books and that one was more for a collector of books. Besides, I only have volume one. Would you trade for 5 worthless cough I mean priceless tsuba? :glee:

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I've had to pull Hawley's from ebay as it wasn't showing up outside the UK site and other listing problems so my apologies to anyone who bid/was going to bid. I think I'm just going to leave it here for now so final price reductions as follows:

 

Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths Revised: £250 (About $400) including worldwide shipping (would you pay any paypal fees?).

Connoisseur's book of Japanese swords by Kokan Nagoyama: £100 + shipping and paypal fees.

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