Nanban, Signed (3 results)

Original Wraps. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. First Edition. Prepared by the African Studies Program at Indiana University. 23 pp. Original yellow hard paper stapled wraps with black tiles and black pictorial drawing on the front. SIGNED and INSCRIBED , " For Paula with Best Wishes and Warm Regards Arnold Rubin July 1975 ". The book is RARE, Rubin's signature is RARE. This copy is VG+. Exterior front cover is a little faded, but only a hint of edge wear. Inside is unmarked, clear, and firmly stapled. Rubin was a noted researcher of the art of Africa , an Art History Professor at UCLA, and has an annual award named for him by the Arts Council of the African Studies Association. Looks to be one of a kind. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. One of 500 copies signed on limitation page. A Fine copy in imitation suede over patterned cloth; housed in a a black raw silk chitsu box with ivory clasps.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. ND. (c.1980), limited ediition signed in Japanese on tipped in rice paper, Fujita Kobo, Tokyo, 4to., 140 + 9pp., many mounted coloured plates by Kenji Otsuka, other coloured & plain illustrations, fine, quarter suede over batik covered boards, in folding box with bone clasps, in publisher's card box. Signed by Author(s).