Lot 262 , Japanese Sword Fittings: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of G.H. Naunton, Esq., Compiled and Illustrated by Henri L. Joly, pr

Japanese Sword Fittings: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of G.H. Naunton, Esq., Compiled and Illustrated by Henri L. Joly, privately printed. by the Tokio Printing Co. Reading. London 1912
Estimate £250-350

The cloth cover is a little grubby discoloured and scuffed and the spine is slightly paler where it has been exposed to the light with a little wear on the edges, the paper label on the spine is present but has a slight tear and a few scuffs to it, the endpapers have some heavy foxing to them and the edges of the pages have some occasional knocks and are discoloured a pale tea colour on the front and bottom edges, the top edge has a red stain to it made by the book binder presumably.


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Sold for £220