Search Results: the ornamental arts of japan by audsley george ashdown

Dover Publications, Incorporated, 2008. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dover Publications, 2008-05-19. Paperback. Like New.

Dover Publications, 2008-05-19. Paperback. New.

Dover, 2008-05-19. Paperback. Like New. 10x8x0. Mineola, 2008; glossy illustrated paper covers; minimal shelf wear; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 60 pages.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Facsimile Publisher , pp. 371 . Hardback. New.

New York: Dover Publications, 2008. 1st edition thus. New book. quarto. stiff wrappers 60pp., col. pls., 60 Full-Color Plates. Dover Pictorial Archive Series. Originally published in 1882-1884

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Dover Publications, 2008-05-19. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1884. Hardcover. Good+ (boards scuffed, smudged & scratched. dampstaining-like spotting to spine; small & medium gouges to lower cloth spine. corners bumped, curled.. Oversized green cloth boards, burgundy title block with gilt lettering on spine. 10 pp; 41 pp, bw illustations & xvi color & bw plates; 12 pp, ix color plates. Volume I, Part I only. Drawing, Painting, Engraving And Painting With Embroidery sections. Pages have instances of smudges, mark, foxing to opening and closing pages. Light tanning to pages; plates remain bright. No dampstaining to interior evident.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1884. Hardcover. Good+ (boards scuffed & smudged; back board highly scratched. dampstaining-like spotting to spine; two gouges. corners bumped, curled.. Oversized green cloth boards, burgundy title block with gilt lettering on spine. 8 pp, ix color & bw plates; 30 pps, xvii bw & color plates; section primarily bw. Volume I, Part I only. Incrusted and Metal-work sections. Pages have instances of smudges, mark, foxing to opening and closing pages. Light tanning to pages; plates remain bright. No dampstaining to interior evident.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. Hardcover. VG- (light shelfwear and scuffing to boards, light age toning, pages are clean and clear, plates are bright). Oversized green cloth boards, burgundy title block with gilt lettering on spine; 32 pp, 13 bw and color plates with descriptive text pages; 29 text pages, 8 color and bw plates with descriptive text pages, 27 pp text, 2 color plates. Volume II, Part II only. Cloisonné enamel. Modelling and carving. Heraldry.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1884. Hardcover. Good+ (boards scuffed, smudged & scratched. dampstaining-like spotting to spine; gouge to lower spine. corners bumped, curled.. Oversized green cloth boards, burgundy title block with gilt lettering on spine. 25 pp, xiii color & bw plates; 44 pp, xiii color& bw plates. Volume I, Part II only. Textile Fabrics and Lacquer sections. Pages have instances of smudges, mark, foxing to opening and closing pages. Light tanning to pages; plates remain bright. No dampstaining to interior evident.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882-84. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 16.5" by 12". Various. The first edition of this lavishly illustrated work exploring the beauties of Japanese art, colourfully illustrated with chromolithographs. The first edition of this work.An uncommon work.Four parts bound in two volumes, being parts 1, 2, 5, and 6 only, of a total of 9 parts, lacking parts 3, 4, 8, and 9.An impressive work exploring the beauties of the ornamental arts of Japan.The author of this work, George Ashdown Audsley, discusses the different mediums oft used in Japanese art, presenting some of the fine examples to be found across the country.Audsley was an accomplished architect and artist who wrote one of the first and most important books on Japanese art in the English language, titled 'The Keramic Art of Japan'. Part I covers drawing, painting, engraving, and printing. Part II covers embroidery. Part V covers incrusted work. Part VI covers metal work.The… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons. Good. 1883. Paperback. Three volume set, folio (over 15 inches), with each in its own folding box. Each volume is a softcover, with black binding tape. This set is copy no. 118 out of 500 made exclusively for American subscribers and was signed by Audsley at bottom of edition page. Vol. 1: Covers have some scuffing and stains. A half title page before the edition page has a small tear repaired with tape along side edge. Some tissue guards are torn along edges. Vol. 2: One page is tanned from where the sheet with directions to the binder was left. Covers have some scuffing. Vol. 3: Covers have some small stains and some scuffing. Some tissue guards are torn along edges. All 3 volumes have some spotting or foxing on some pages, and some pages have some tanning. Books are in good condition. The folding boxes are hinged on all sides, are black and top covers of boxes have the rising sun emblem, a gilt design of a bird, and Japanese script in a paste… Read More

Good. in x in x in. The Ornamental Arts of Japan, vols. 2 & 4 only, 1884, col. and b&w pits. throughout, vol. 1 lacking half-title (title & proceeding leaf detached with fraying & some loss to edges), vol. 2 without title, orig. cloth gilt, some wear, ex-library with usual markings, folio, together with two early 20th century albums of mostly b&w pIts. of designs for textiles, wallpaper, etc., by modern Japanese designers, twenty-seven and twenty-nIne plts. . respectively, loosely contained in orig. cloth portfolios, with ties, rubbed and some wear to spines, 4to, plus a three-volume 20th century paper bound Japanese publication on Japanese homes and interiors, stitched as issued, browned on the exterior, slim 8vo

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1883-84. Signed limited edition of Audsley's monumental work on the arts of Japan. Folio, bound in original black morocco, gilt titles and inlay design, raised bands, all edges gilt, illustrated throughout. Artist's Proof, 44 of 60 issued for American subscribers, signed by Audsley. In very good condition. Rare and desirable.