Nippon-To, The Japanese Sword

HAKUSUI, Inami

Published by Tokyo: Japan Sword Company Limited, 1948

About this Item

[Japanese culture] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (27 x 18cm), pp.xvii; 222. Illustrated with 97 monochrome plates, folding map of Japan at rear. Publisher's maroon cloth in jacket. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author to endpaper in black ink, with his red 'chop' inked to same, publisher's hand-written postcard tucked in, with other loose related material (printed brochures and ephemera) inserted at rear. A clean, fine copy in the original clear plastic wrapper. A superb production giving detailed information on the craft of sword making and a pictorial history of Japanese swords. A rare book, especially signed. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with his ownership signature within. Japanese culture permeates Fleming's novel 'You Only Live Twice' (1964).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nippon-To, The Japanese Sword
• Publisher: Tokyo: Japan Sword Company Limited, 1948
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature