Nippon-to: The Japanese Sword
Tokyo: Cosmo Publishing Company, 1948. 222p hardcover, dark surface layer cracking along the outside of the hinges, though the inside remains intact; dustjacket folded and tipped in at the rear, plastic protective cover apparently added by a later dealer. This copy signed by the author, who was also the president of the Sword Research Society of Japan, under his portrait, and his business card is bound in. A printed label from Ray Riling of the Arms Collecting Service notes, "For my customers I have requested the author of 'NIPPON-TO' to insert his calling card and to autograph a limited number of these books, of which your copy herewith is one." Bookplate from the collection of Paul I. Wagner.
Cat.No: 331974
Price: $175.00