[Rarebooks] fs: Compton Japanese Sword 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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