A MURAMASA BLADE A Story of Feudalism in Old Japan

Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 188 pages. Large octavo with padded red silk over boards, stamped in gilt. Illustrated with 5 copper engravings by Nakamura Munehiro and 19 full-page wood engravings with many smaller wood-engraved text illustrations by Shirayama Dani. Small ownership bookplate on front pastedown, minor fading to book spine. Book and illustrations are clean with no signs of foxing or soiling. Hinges page signatures intact. Slight rubbing to board edges along with some rubbing of cover gilt. About a 3 inch slit along silk spine joint . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information

Product Info

Publisher: Ticknor and Company

Year: 1887

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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