2 Rare JAPANESE SWORD BOOKS Richly Illustrated KANZAN TOKEN KOZA Dr. Kanzan Soto

  
Beautiful, Large, Richly Illustrated Books on Important Japanese Swords and Their Makers. TWO VOLUMES, Volumes Two and Three only, of the FOUR VOLUME SET of SWORD BOOKS (a Six Volume Set when including Volume Five on Kodogu / Sword Fittings, and Volume Six on Koshirae / Sword Mountings).

Hardcovers, red cloth bound with black titling, 9x12 inches, approximately 300 and 500 pages respectively. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED with b&w photographs and detailed drawings. Published after the death of Dr. Kanzan Sato, a renowned authority on Japanese Swords.

The volumes display and discuss important swords of all the major Japanese sword makers and sword making schools. Again, this is VOLUME TWO and VOLUME THREE only. Condition: The books are in VERY GOOD condition, just lightly used, still tight, bright, clean and unmarked. The slipcases are in FAIR condition, with scrapes and wear to their edges and spine ends, some splitting at the folds, and soiling; but still doing their job. The item "2 Rare JAPANESE SWORD BOOKS Richly Illustrated KANZAN TOKEN KOZA Dr. Kanzan Soto" is in sale since Monday, June 4, 2018. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "bookpath" and is located in Napa, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Year Printed: 1980
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
• Topic: Japanese Swords, Blades
• Binding: Hardcover
• Region: Asia
• Subject: Swords
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: Japanese
• Place of Publication: Tokyo, Japan
• Special Attributes: Slipcase