[Rarebooks] fs: Compton Japanese Sword & Tsuba Collection

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

Izzard, Sebastian (ed.)  ONE HUNDRED MASTERPIECES FROM THE COLLECTION OF 
DR. WALTER A. COMPTON. Japanese Swords, Sword-Fittings and 
Accoutrements.  New York; Christie, Manson & Woods: 1992.  A superlative 
and magnificent catalog of this renowned collection. The book is physically 
imposing and heavy, printed on coated stock with crisp color and b/w 
photographs. The text includes several essays by Walter Compton, and also 
features on Walter Compton, on the sword as art, and on Japanese sword 
guards, by William Tilley; on forty-two especially important swords from 
the Collection, by D. Martin Lorber, and on Fifty-eight sword fittings, by 
Robert Haynes.  Hardcover. 10.5"x14.5",321 pages, color and b/w 
illustrations, dj, slipcased; fine.  [07247]  $150.00

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