A large hardcover volume, 370 x 265 x 53 mm, bound in burgundy cloth with pasted-in b/w photograph and gilt lettering to front, gilt lettering to spine, in plastic dust jacket, in a slipcase, in a cardboard shipping box, pp. [2] 1-522 [2], 128 leaves total; limited edition of 1000 copies.

Author: Nakamura Tessei [中村鐵青]

Seller’s description: Tsuba Shusei by Nakamura.  1963.  Of a limited edition of 1,000.  Clothbound with plastic jacket, slipcase, and cardboard storage box, 11 ½ x 14 ½”, 522 heavy stock pages in Japanese.  This is a very impressive book.  Thousands of tsuba, from Kamakura to late Edo and arranged by school. are illustrated (24 in colour photos and the rest in black & white) and described.  If there is a tsuba bible this might be it; there can’t be a more comprehensive book on the subject.

The storage box is shelf worn, the slipcase is just a bit toned; the book is in excellentt condition.

Produced by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc. [株式会社中央公論新社]

Publisher: 銀集成刊行会

Production details:

鐵集成 第617番

昭和38年2月10日発行

限定1,000部

定価 10,000円

オフセット単色印刷:マイク印刷

オフセット原色印刷:大日本印刷

著者中村鐵青

製作 中央公論事業出版

発行所

銀集成刊行会

活版印刷:精興社 製本:協和製本

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