The Index of Inro Artists by E. A. Wrangham - 1995-11

Hotei Pub. Used - Like New. 1995. Hardcover. Cloth. 4to. 368 pp. Illustrated. Edited by Joe Earle. Fine. Dust Jacket is Fine.

Alnwick, UK: Harehope Publications, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, quarto size volume bound in black cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's black dust-jacket. 368 pages. Edited by Joe Earle. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. First edition. The first reliable guide to Japanese inro artists containing 2,704 entires with more than 2,000 photographs. Inro are small traditional Japanese cases, "often highly decorated with various materials such as lacquer and various techniques such as maki-e," typically referred to a a medicine case. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unread and unmarked copy, like new. As new in an as new dust-jacket. .

ALNWICK UK: HAREHOPE PUBLICATIONS, 1995. FIRST. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. MANY PHOTOS. 2704 ENTRIES 2000 SIGNATURES OF JAPANESE DECORATIVE ARTISTS MAINLY PAINTERS OF MINIATURE MEDICINE CASES A VERY USEFUL ONE OF A KIND TITLE BOOK APPEARS UNREAD JACKET IS UNCLIPPED AND VERY NICE SOME SHELFWARE OTHERWISE A LOVELY UNMARKED COPY