Malcolm Fairley (79 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Like New.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Very good carefully used copy fresh clean tight in like jacket. Several underlined words in preface otherwise unmarked . Spot on last free endpaper. Wonderful color illustrations. Illustrated in Color (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. very good +. First edition. 8 x 10 in. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Numerous color photos. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like new on all points. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; no price to clip, very bright and clean, no edge wear. Art. RGR.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Color photographic illustrations. 111 pages. Small 4to, green cloth with gilt lettering. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1991. A near fine copy lacking the dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. color photos, 111p. Original green cloth. dj. 25cm. Signed.

Condition: Good. Envoi rapide Bon état bords jaquette un peu frottés intérieur propre bonne tenue. 20x25x2cm. 1991. Cartonné jaquette. 111 pages. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 111 pages, superbly illustrated, mainly in colour. John R. Young of Texas was among the earliest collectors of Japanese decorative arts of the Meiji period (1868 - 1912); a selection of some of the finest works in his collection are illustrated and catalogued here. The catalogue is divided into 3 sections - Metalwork, Cloisonne and Shibayama Lacquer, with an introductory essay for each section. A chapter on the actual work involved in the making of cloisonne enamel is provided by Rosemary Zeeman, a practicing cloisonne artist. Bibliography, Glossary.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Kibo Foundation, [No date: circa 1995]. Wraps, [32] pp (unpaginated); 36 cm; illustrated throughout with color plates; text in Japanese. In Very Good condition. Black paper covers lettered in red and white, staple bound. Light bumping to edges and corners, mild shelf wear, and a horizontal scuff mark across the middle of rear cover. Portland Art Museum shop sticker at lower rear cover. Binding tight. Pages clean. Otherwise unmarked. Publisher's prospectus for the five-volume Meiji no Takara, issued by the Kibo Foundation to announce the catalogue of the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art - some 750 pieces of Meiji decorative art, assembled to document Japanese technical mastery in lacquer, cloisonne, metalwork and ceramics. Foreword by Oliver Impey of the Ashmolean Museum and Malcolm Fairley, who argue that Meiji craft was long dismissed by scholars and collectors because most of the finest work was made for export and never seen in Japan. Full-page color plates of pieces from the collection: a silver and shibuichi cockatoo by Nishimura Toshihiko dated 1911, an articulated silver elephant, lacquer by Shibata Zeshin, cloisonne by Namikawa Yasuyuki and Namikawa Sosuke, Satsuma earthenware by Yabu Meizan, and porcelain by Makuzu Kozan. Final leaf lists all five volumes with contributors, page counts, plate counts and individual ISBNs, and names the editorial board, among them Lawrence Smith of the British Museum, Barbara Ford of the Metropolitan Museum, and curators from the Victoria and Albert and the Tokyo National Research Institute.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Uninscribed. No wear.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. 30cm x 21cm. 167pp. Several colour and b&w illustrations. A little edge wear to covers. A very pleasing copy. (g4).

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher's hardback in nearly new condition: firm and square, strong joints, sharp corners, no bumps. Complete with original dustjacket: sharp and bright, no tears, no chips. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Looks unread. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition.…

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 4to, ca. 50 pp. Profusely illustrated (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Yes in fine condition. The book and dust jacket are both in fine condition. Beautifully illustrated. Pages not numbered (Approximately 60).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. . 2007 clean bright copy.

Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. This is a fine, as new, first edition exhibition catalog, 48 pages, tan wraps. Photos on request.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Two fine large format brochures in light card covers publicising the forthcoming issue of the 5 volume set in July 1995. Internally fine and free of inscriptions; profusely and lavishly illustrated.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Paperback. 29.5cm x 21cm. Exhibition catalogue. Unpaginated - 32 items, many with colour plates, some in b&w. 1st edition 2012. Slightest wear to covers. An excellent clean copy. (under bs34).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Paperback. 29.5cm x 21cm. Unpaginated. With 64 colour plates throughout. 1st edition 2011. An excellent clean copy. (bs48).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Paperback. 29.5cm x 21cm. Unpaginated. With 36 colour plates throughout. 1st edition 2010. An excellent clean copy. (bs48).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Paperback. 29.5cm x 21cm. Exhibition catalogue. Unpaginated - 66 colour plates throughout. 1st edition 2008. An excellent clean copy. (under bs34).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Paperback. 29.5cm x 21cm. Unpaginated. With 38 colour plates throughout. 1st edition 2009. An excellent clean copy. (bs48).

Hardcover met stofomslag, 26 cm, 111 pp. Ills.: b/w and color illustrations. Cond.: zeer goed / very good. ISBN: 1854440071.

Colour photographic illustrations, unpaginated, 41 items. Illustrated wrappers. A fine copy. Although there are no indications in this copy, this book is from the collection of Aubrey and Eva Sweet. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Alexander Gallery, New York. Japanese ceramics, lacquer, porcelain. …

Colour photographic illustrations, unpaginated, 26 items. Illustrated wrappers. A fine copy. Although there are no indications in this copy, this book is from the collection of Aubrey and Eva Sweet. Catalogue of an exhibition held in London. Japanese ceramics, lacquer, metalware and bronzes.