- Lacks two plates; pages opposite plates partly foxed/ yellowed by flimsy; contents loosening. Bindings dam./ worn. Sold w.a.f.
Iwamiya, T. Forms, Textures, Images. Traditional Japanese Craftmanship in Everyday Life. New York/ Tokyo/ Kyoto, Weatherhill/ Tankosha, 1979, 1st ed., 303,(1)p., richly illustrated, orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr., folio. Yamada, C.F. Decorative Arts of Japan. Tokyo, Kodansha, 1964, 1st ed., 262p., num. col. ills., orig. hcl. w. dustwr. and (sl. dam.) slipcase, folio.
- "Masques" w. some mounted postcards/ clippings (and annots. in ballpoint); w. owner's entry on first free endpaper.
= Traveax et mémoires de l'institut d'ethnologie. XXXII & XXXIII.
Dogon. Paris, Musée Dapper, 1994, 1st ed., 285p., num. (col.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., folio. - AND 1 other: T. AND S. SPINI, Togu Na. Casa della parola. Struttura di socializzazione della comunità Dogon (Milan, 1976, Italian text, num. ills., orig. cl. w dustwr., 4to).
- Dustwr. spines sunned, otherwise fine.
Robbins, W.M. and Ingram Nooter, N. African Art in American Collections. Survey 1989. Washington/ London, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989, 1st ed., 607p., num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 4to. - AND 3 others, i.a. BAMBARA SCULPTURE FROM THE WESTERN SUDAN (New York, 1960, num. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to).
- Lacks dustwr.
- Hinges weakening; annots. in ballpoint on first free endpaper. Lacks part of dustwr. in upper left corner.
Arnaud, G. Indines pas morts. Paris, Robert Delpire, 1956, 1st ed., 165,(7)p., num. photogr. ills., orig. blindst. buckram w. dustwr., 4to.
- Dustwr. 2 sm. tears along top, otherwise fine.
AND 2 others, i.a. K. KUPRA, Un art à l'état brut. Peintures et sculptures des aborigènes d'Australie (Lausanne, 1962, num. (col.) ills., orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr.).
= Published for the International Netsuke Collectors Society. Arntzen/ Rainwater K230: "A pictorial compendium of 1,000 examples of netsuke drawn from more than 20 outstanding private collections and reproduced in 1,091 color illustrations. Not intended as an historical or technical work but as a visual reference for the collector and amateur."
Bushell, R. Netsuke Masks. Tokyo etc., Kodansha, 1985, 206p., (col.) ills., orig. cl., slipcase, 4to.
= SIGNED on first blank.
Idem and Masatoshi. The Art of Netsuke Carving. New York/ Tokyo, Weatherhill, 1981, 236p., (col.) ills., orig. gilt cl., slipcase, 4to. - AND 2 others, i.a. R. BUSHELL, The Inrō Handbook. Studies of Netsuke, Inrō and Lacquer (New York/ Tokyo, 2002, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
- Some annots. in pencil, otherwise fine.
AND 4 others, i.a. C.A. SCHMITZ, Oceanic Art. Myth, Man and Image in the South Seas (New York, n.d., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. With annots. in ballpoint and mounted clippings) and H. PETER, Polynesier. Vikinger der Südsee (Vienna, n.d., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr, large 4to).
- A few annots. in pen; hinges strengthened w. cl. Dustwr. splitting on upper joint. = Rare monograph.
AND 2 others, i.a. K. KHANDALAVALA (ed.), Lalit Kalâ. Journal of oriental art, chiefly Indian. No.6 (New Delhi, 1959, (col.) plates, ills., orig. wr., folio).
- Plates partly sl. foxed, not affecting images. Portfolio dam.
- Spine of both vols. sl. sunned, otherwise fine. Lacks the third vol. on "Les Masques".
= "Les Centres de Style".
- Postcards/ clippings mounted (and annots.) on first free endpaper, first blank and htitle, otherwise fine.
= Signed dedication by the author on title-p.
- Some mounted clippings/ postcards (and annots. in pen), mostly on the first few pages. Dustwr. trifle dam.
Meauzé, P. L'Art nègre. Sculpture. Paris/ Amst., Librairie Hachette/ Meulenhoff, 1967, 1st ed., 227p., num. textills. and mounted col. plates, orig. artif. hleather w. dustwr., folio.
- Some mounted clippings/ postcards (and annots. in pen).
Rivière, M. Les chefs-d'oeuvre africains des collections privees françaises. Paris, Editions PHILBI, 1975, 1st ed., 176p., num. (col.) ills., orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr., 4to.
- Portfolios (sl.) dam., otherwise fine.
= Annalen van het Museum van Belgisch Congo. D. - Volkenkunde. - Reeks VI. Catalogussen der Ethnografische Verzamelingen van het Museum van Belgisch Congo. Deel II - Aflevering 1-3.
Laburthe-Tolra, Ph. and Falgayrettes-Leveau, Ch. Fang. Paris, Éditions Dapper, 1991, 1st ed., 324p., num. col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio.
- Strip of paper mounted on htitle. Dustwr. sl. worn along top.
Schädler, K.F. Afrikanische Kunst in deutschen Privat-Sammlungen. Munich, Münchner Buchgewerbehaus GmbH, 1973, 363,(6)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. buckram w. dustwr., 4to.
- Remnants of glue on htitle. Dustwr. sl. worn.
AND 2 others, i.a. H. HIMMELHEBER, Negerkunst und Negerkünstler (Braunschweig, 1960, num. ills., orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr.).
- Some occas. foxing in top blank margin.
- Textlvs. uncut. Portfolios sl. dam. and foxed.
= Many plates showing a variety of examples of Japanese decorative arts, including many tsuba, lacquer boxes, inrô, netsuke, as well as woodcut prints.
- Two clippings pasted in around halfway; remnants of glue on title-p.
= Rare. Mémoires ORSTOM [Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer] 59.