BOOKS (3), Three Volumes about Japanese Sword Fittings Including Sasano, Masayuki 'Early Japanese Sword Guards: Sukashi Tsuba', Japan Publications Inc Tokyo 1972, patterned hardcover; Lissenden, Dr. John 'The Namban Group of Japanese Sword Guards: A Reappraisal', Double Dragon Publishing Canada 2006, softcover; and Joly, Henri L. 'Japanese Sword Fittings: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of G.H. Naunton Esq', The Holland Press London 1973, cloth hardcover with dust wrapper. (26x19cm; 28x21cm; 32x26cm)
PROVENANCE: From the collection of the late George Fennell
Estimate $100-200
Condition: 1) shelf wear and marks 2) shelf wear, owners name penned 3) some flecking to wrapper, minor foxing.
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