HENRI L. JOLY: JAPANESE SWORD-MOUNTS: A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF J. C. HAWKSHAW

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London, Liphook. (Privately printed for J. C. Hawkshaw), 1910
32 x 26,5 x 5 cm
Hardcover. Joly, Henri L. Japanese Sword Mounts: A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Collection of J. C. Hawkshaw, Esq., M.A., of Hollycombe, Liphook. London (Privately printed for J. C. Hawkshaw), 1910. First edition, limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is no. 10. Illustrated with 50 collotype plates from Joly's photographs. Each plate shows multiple sword-mounts that are numbered on a tissue overlay; the numbers can be used to identify the pictured sword-mounts with descriptions in the catalogue.
From an old South German private collection, ex-libris: John E. Barbor, Essex - Traces of use, partially slightly damaged, traces of foxing and stained