Bushell Raymond Adapted (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Seventh Printing. This is a very nice clean copy. Binding sound. Tan cloth cover with red lettering on spine has light sunning at top of cover and spine. Pages clean and unmarked. No DJ. ; Contains 226 figures, many in color. There is also an extensive list of netsuke carvers including their marks.; Photographs; 10 x 1.75 x 7 Inches; 325 pages.

1961, first printing. Asia, Art. Charles E. Tuttle, 325p., very good cloth and edge worn dust jacket, small stain on lower front corner of book .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Condition. Grey cloth binding with red Japanese words on cover. Red title, adapter's name and publisher on spine. Included with this book is a letter to a Mrs. J.E. Van Buskirk in Toronto quoting 2 pieces of netsuke art ( letter dated 10/6/70 ) from Dealer in Japan. Kenichi Fujii. Also a small B/W Photo of 12 small Netsuke. 325pp with glossary - index.This copy is in very good condition with worn and chipped dust jacket. This book may require additional postage. Photos of book and letter available on request.

Original cloth with dustjacket. Dustjacket a bit discoloured / damaged at top of spine, priceclipped, else a good copy. With personal dedication by book collector Joost Ritman (to J.-P. Glerum) on flyleaf. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The Author (illustrator). Very good book in 1/2 buff linen with cloth covered green board covers; title to paper label on spine. Internally very good and free of inscriptions; very slight tan to pages; decorative end papers; illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 5th or later Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 16.4 x 23.8 cm; 1.015 Kg; 325 pages with 226 illustrations, 24 in colour.; Twelve printing. Used with minor signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket shows minor wear marks, scuffs and scratches. Interior as new.; In recent years a number of books have appeared in Western languages on the fascinating miniature sculptures of Japan called netsuke. Oddly enough, all these have been written by Occidentals, most of whom have drawn heavily - with varying degrees of accuracy - upon the research of Japanese experts. High time it is, then, that the leading Japanese authority, Ueda Reikichi, be allowed to speak for himself. Ever since its Japanese publication in 1943, his 'Netsuke no Kenkyu' has been recognized as a definite work in the field. In adapting this valuable study from the Japanese and illustrating it profusely with new photographs, Raymond Bushell has performed a singular service for netsuke aficionados throughout the world. Netsuke have long exerted an irresistible attraction for Occidental collectors. These tiny carvings, principally in ivory and wood, are distinguished by a charm of conception and an attention to detail that frequently make them equal of sculpture on a grander scale. Yet they were originally utilitarian objects designed to serve as pendants or toggles to support tobacco pouches, medicine boxes, and similar items suspended by a cord from the obi. In compiling his handbook, Ueda engaged in exhaustive research that took him not only into the examination of thousands of individual netsuke but also into such areas as the history of the netsuke, the great variety of materials used by the carvers, the regional characteristics of the netsuke, and the biographical facts concerning no fewer than 1,342 netsuke carvers. This biographical information, arranged in concise and really digestible form, constitutes the second part of the volume and, for collectors, the most valuable part, for it includes not only the characters for the real and the art names of the carvers but also a large number of facsmile signatures by which the various carvers may be identified. The 226 photographs, of which 24 are in colour, represent a wide variety of outstanding and representative netsuke and thus form a panorama of netsuke history in which all types appear - from the early and comparatively simple to the late and more intricate.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 5th or later Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase); 16.4 x 23.8 cm; 1.015 Kg; 325 pages with 226 illustrations, 24 in colour.; Eleventh printing. Used book with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket has a minor tear on the bottom of the dust jacket. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. Interior as new. Signs of wear on the slipcase.; In recent years a number of books have appeared in Western languages on the fascinating miniature sculptures of Japan called netsuke. Oddly enough, all these have been written by Occidentals, most of whom have drawn heavily - with varying degrees of accuracy - upon the research of Japanese experts. High time it is, then, that the leading Japanese authority, Ueda Reikichi, be allowed to speak for himself. Ever since its Japanese publication in 1943, his 'Netsuke no Kenkyu' has been recognized as a definite work in the field. In adapting this valuable study from the Japanese and illustrating it profusely with new photographs, Raymond Bushell has performed a singular service for netsuke aficionados throughout the world. Netsuke have long exerted an irresistible attraction for Occidental collectors. These tiny carvings, principally in ivory and wood, are distinguished by a charm of conception and an attention to detail that frequently make them equal of sculpture on a grander scale. Yet they were originally utilitarian objects designed to serve as pendants or toggles to support tobacco pouches, medicine boxes, and similar items suspended by a cord from the obi. In compiling his handbook, Ueda engaged in exhaustive research that took him not only into the examination of thousands of individual netsuke but also into such areas as the history of the netsuke, the great variety of materials used by the carvers, the regional characteristics of the netsuke, and the biographical facts concerning no fewer than 1,342 netsuke carvers. This biographical information, arranged in concise and really digestible form, constitutes the second part of the volume and, for collectors, the most valuable part, for it includes not only the characters for the real and the art names of the carvers but also a large number of facsmile signatures by which the various carvers may be identified. The 226 photographs, of which 24 are in colour, represent a wide variety of outstanding and representative netsuke and thus form a panorama of netsuke history in which all types appear - from the early and comparatively simple to the late and more intricate.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. Personal letter laid in from Raymond Bushell, signed and dated (October 3, 1984) on his personal letterhead. Also signed by the author on the half title page: To Sammie Dunn With my warm Regards, Raymond Bushell, July 1982. DJ with small nicks and chips to edges from shelf wear.