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2 BOOKS ON JAPANESE ART :

1)  JAPANESE DRAWINGS

from the 17th century to the end of the 19th century

Text by J. R. Hillier

GREAT DRAWINGS OF THE WORLD Series

BOOK DETAILS :
Date:          1966
Pages:        139
Publisher:   Studio Vista Ltd,, London
Edition:       First Edition
Binding:      Hardcover
ISBN:         Does not apply

SIZE:          Square small quarto - 24 x 23 x 2

Illustrated:  Yes - COLOUR PLATES/ARTWORKS throughout

Dustjacket: Yes - clipped
Condition:   Green cloth-bound hardcover with gilt title to slightly faded spine, slight rubbing to spine & corners, STRAIGHT, TIGHT & CLEAN in GOOD CONDITION with previous owners name to inside front cover, slight age-toning to endpapers, in a clipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with slight edgewear.

• 'J.R. Hillier, the noted collector and authority on Japanese art, has selected examples which will particularly appeal to Western readers and has added brief biographies of the artists.'

2)  JAPANESE COLOUR PRINTS

by J. Hillier

BOOK DETAILS :
Date:          Not dated - thought to be c1970
Pages:        87
Publisher:   Phaidon Press Ltd,, London
Edition:       Not stated - likely First Edition
Binding:      Hardcover
ISBN:         Does not apply

SIZE:          Quarto - 31 x 23 x 2

Illustrated:  Yes - 50 Full page COLOUR PLATES/ARTWORKS throughout

Dustjacket: Yes - clipped
Condition:   Light Green cloth-bound hardcover with title to spine & front cover, rubbing to spine, corners & edges, STRAIGHT, TIGHT & CLEAN in GOOD CONDITION with tiny bookshop sticker to inside front cover, in a clipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with rubbing to edges.

• 'The reproductions here given, in colour and size as near as possible to the originals, are a convincing proof that the Japanese colour print is a medium of great pictorial art.'