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Tōsōgu, Kodōgu & Nihontō Books - Make Offer Sale -

 

No reasonable offer will be refused

 

 

All Prices USD + Shipping

 

 

Books Available -

 

1} "Toso Kodōgu Koza" ~ By Takeshi Wakayama ~ 8 Volume Set ~ 1972 ~ HC / SC

$750-

 

 

2} "Sukashi Tsuba (Bushido no Bi) ~ By Sasano & Fujimoto ~ 1972 First Edition ~ CB / HC / SC

$225-

 

 

3} "Early Japanese Sword Guards - Sukashi Tsuba" ~ By Sasano & Fujimoto ~ American Version of above ~ 1972 ~ CB / HC / DJ

$150-

 

**Purchase 2 & 3 together for $300-

 

 

4} "Tanyu-Kai Zuroku II" {Catalog Vol. II} ~ By The Shoyukai Kodōgu Group ~ The Best of the Best ~ 1999 ~ CB / HC / HS / SC

$400-

 

 

5} "Tōken Hyakka Nenpyo" ~ Chronology of Sword Smiths ~ By Iida Kazuo ~ 1971 ~ CB / HC / SC

$45-

 

 

6} "Tōsōgu No Bi" ~ Fine Japanese Sword Fittings: MENUKI ~ Vols. 1 & 2 ~ Numbered #10 & #388 ~ By Saruta Makio ~ 1985 & 1994 ~ CB / HC / SC

$185-

 

 

7} "Kokusai Tōsōgu Kai" + Supplement ~ 2005 International Convention & Exhibition ~ CB / HC / SC ~ Supplement ~ PB

$100-

 

 

8} "Toso Soran" ~ By Kazutaro Torigoye ~ 1978 ~ CB / HC / SC

$175-

 

 

9} "Nihon no Buki Bugu" (Weapons & Armor of Japan) ~ Tōkyō National Museum Exhibition Catalog ~ October & November 1976 ~ CB / HC / DJ

$300-

 

 

10} "Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu 21: Katchū to tōken" (Japanese Art {Armor, Helmets & Swords} Volume 21) ~ By Motoharu Ozaki & Kanzan Satō

~ 1970 ~ HC / DJ

$75-

 

 

11} "Japanese Art & Handicraft” (the "Red Cross" catalog) ~ By Henri L. Joly & K. Tomita ~ 1976 ~ CB / HC / DJ

$250-

 

 

12} "Japanese Sword Fittings: Collection of G.H. Naunton" ~ By Henri L. Joly ~ Reprint Holland Press London ~ 1983 ~ CB / HC / DJ

$175-

 

**Purchase 11 & 12 together for $375-

 

 

13}“Kōzuka 100 - The Claude Thuault Collection” ~ By Ogasawara / Thuault ~ 1993 ~ HC / DJ

$75-

 

 

14} "Japanese Swords and Sword Furniture in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston" ~ 1987 ~ HC / CB / SC

Plus 34 page Glossary Supplement ~ PB

$500-

 

 

15} "The Baur Collection" ~ Japanese Sword-Fittings and Associated Metalwork

By B.W. Robinson ~ 1980 ~ HC / CB / DJ / SC

$500-

 

 

16} "Kinko Meikan" ~ By Kokuho Kenichi, Masumoto Suichiro ~ 1974 ~ HC / CB / SC

+ 197 page English Translation ~ By John Yumoto & Alan Harvie ~ 1982

$300-

 

 

17} "Swords of the Samurai" ~ By Victor Harris Nobuo Ogasawara ~ 1990 ~ PB

$40-

 

 

18} "Nihon no Katana" - The Japanese Sword: Iron Craftsmanship and the Warrior Spirit

Tōkyō National Museum, Special Exhibition, 14 October - 24 November ~ 1997 ~ PB

{writing inside front cover}

$90-

 

 

19} “Tōken Koshirae Kodōgu Zuroku" - Catalogue of Swords, Mountings & Fittings ~

By Japan Art Sword Preservation Society, NBTHK, Tōkyō ~ 1969 ~ PB ~ {bumped corners}

$85-

 

 

20} "Tōken Tōsōgu ~ Swords and Sword Fittings ~ Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum" ~ #3 ~ 1998 ~ HC

{dedication inside front cover}

$80-

 

 

21} "Illustrated Catalogue of Tōkyō National Museum - Sword Mountings" ~ 1997 ~ CB / HC / DJ

{price in pencil}

$90-

 

 

22} "Zabo Tansen" ~ By Kenichi Kokubo & Kenzo Ootsubo ~ 1974 ~ half-leather / CB / HC / SC

$400-

 

 

23} "Tsuba: Aigan Meihin Shu-Dai Ni Hen" ~ Tsuba Favorite Masterpieces, vol. 2

{By members of the Shibata Tsuba study group} + 10 page English Index ~ 1963 ~ CB / HC / SC

Rare & Extremely Hard to Find

$600-

 

 

24} "Handbook of Sword Fittings related Terms" ~ By Markus Sesko ~ 2011 ~ PB

$25-

 

 

25} “The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists”

~ By Robert E. Haynes ~ 3 volume set ~ w/ Lucite slip-case + CD-ROM ~ 2001 ~ PB

$160-

 

 

26} "Shosankenshu - Henri Joly's List of Names and Kakihan" ~ By Henri Joly ~ 1963 ~ HC / acetate DJ

$60-

 

 

27} x3 Books, One Price + Shipping

 

a} "Samurai: The World of the Warrior" ~ By Stephen Turnbull ~ 2003 ~ HC / DJ

 

b} "The Samurai and the Sacred" ~ By Stephen Turnbull ~ 2006 ~ HC / DJ

 

c} "Arms and Armor of the Samurai - The History of Weaponry in Ancient Japan" (Reprint Edition) ~

By Ian Bottomley, A. Hopson & S.Turnbull ~ 1993 ~ HC / DJ

$25-

 

 

28} x4 Books, One Price + Shipping

 

a} "The Book of Five Rings: the sword master's ancient wisdom for winning" ~ By Musashi Miyamoto

(Translated by W. Ridgeway) ~ 2008 ~ HC / DJ

 

b} "Bushido: The Code of the Samurai" ~ By Nitobe, Inazo ~ 2006 ~ HC / DJ

 

c} "Hagakure" ~ By Yamamoto Tsunetomo ~ 2008 ~ HC / DJ

 

d} "The Sword & the Mind" ~ By Yagyu Munenori (Translated by W. Ridgeway) ~ 2008 ~ HC / DJ

$25-

 

 

- Auction Catalogs -

 

1a} "The Hartman Collection of Japanese Metalwork" ~ Christie's ~ 1976 ~ CB /HC

$75-

 

 

2a} "Japanese Swords and Sword Fittings from the Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton"

Parts II & III ~ Christie's ~ 1992 ~ Both w/prices realized ~ PB w/DJ

{both with auction notes}

$285.00

 

 

3a} "The Field Marshal Sir Francis Festing Collection of Japanese Swords and Sword Fittings

from the Collection of Lt. Col. H.A. Backhoff" ~ Sotheby's ~ 1993 ~ w/prices realized ~ PB

{several auction notes}

$80-

 

 

4a} "Japanese Swords and Tsuba from the Professor A.Z. Freeman & Phyllis Sharpe Memorial Collections"

~ Sotheby's ~ 1997 ~ w/prices realized ~ PB

$80-

 

 

5a} "Japanese Sword Fittings from The R.B. Caldwell Collection" ~ Sotheby's ~ 1994

~ PB ~ {couple of auction notes}

$35-

 

 

6a} "The Dr. Walter Heihs Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts" ~ Sotheby's ~ 1998

~ w/prices realized ~ PB

$60-

 

 

7a} "Japanese Works Of Art - Collection of Charles A. Greenfield" Parts I, II & III ~

Sotheby's ~ 1998 – 1999 - All w/prices realized

Part 1 ~ HC / DJ ~ Parts 2 & 3 ~ PB {part 1 with auction notes}

$170-

 

 

8a} “The World of Sword Furnishings - Fittings from the Collection of Raymond Bushell"

~ Mikimoto ~ 1980 ~ PB

$50-

 

 

9a} "Japanese and Korean Works of Art" ~ Sotheby's New York ~ 2000 ~ PB

$40-

 

 

10a} "Japanese Works of Art" ~ Sotheby's New York ~ 1998

- w/prices realized ~ PB ~ {several auction notes}

$50-

 

 

11a} "Japanese and Korean Art" ~ Sotheby's New York ~ 2000 ~ PB

$45

 

 

All Prices USD + Shipping

 

 

Prices for more than one (1) book is negotiable -

 

Prices & Shipping Cost for 3 or more books is negotiable -

 

 

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Key to abbreviations used above

 

HC = Hardcover

CB = Cloth bound

SC = Slipcase

DJ = Dust Jacket

PB = Paperback

HS = Heavy Stock Pages

 

 

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Many of these books are in Very Good to Near Fine condition with no writing, notes, dog-ears, or pages missing

 

Unless otherwise noted, assume the book is in Very Good to Near Fine condition

 

A couple of these books are from the Colonel Dean S. Hartley Jr Collection & have his Library Bookplate

glued inside one of the covers -

 

 

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Pictures on Request ~ Please allow up to 48 hours

 

 

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Shipping Quote on Request ~ Provide Zip or Postal Code ~ Please allow up to 48 hours

 

 

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By Request - Will place a hold on any books for up to 30 days

 

 

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Payment:

 

USA Residents; Certified Check, Cashier's Check, Money Order from USPS - or - Western Union or PayPal

 

Outside of the USA; Western Union Money Order or PayPal ....sorry no Bank Wire Transfers

 

Shipping method to be determined - and will be at cost

 

 

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