Lot 17
Japanese Art - Bowes, James
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Japanese enamels. Liverpool, 1884, 4to, colour plates, original blue cloth gilt, good condition;
Piggott, F.T. Studies in the decorative art of Japan. London, 1910, 4to, illustrated, original decorative cloth; Bowes, James Japanese marks and seals. London, [no date], 8vo, illustrated, original red cloth gilt, rebacked, repairs throughout; Seidlitz, W. von A history of Japanese colour-prints. London, 1910, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, a very good copy; Bowes, James Notes on Shippo. Liverpool, 1895, 4to, illustrated, original paper covers, lacking backstrip [tape repairs], some leaves loose; Huish, Marcus Japan and its art. London, [no date], third edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative red cloth gilt, fading to backstrip; Jenyns, Soame Japanese pottery. London, 1971, first edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, some fading and 37 others on Japanese art reference, mainly 20th century (44)