— Japanese Decorative Style. Catalogue by Sherman E. Lee.

Cleveland / New York, Cleveland Museum of Art, distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound most handsomely in brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, and lovely gilt crane illustrations, cranes flying east to west across the covers. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Five chapters devoted the histories of various decorative arts in Japan, including Buddhist art of the Heian Period, Yamato-e, the Muromachi interim, and the Momoyama and Edo periods. Notes to both text and illustrations, selected bibliography, index of artists and a list of lenders to the exhibition. [1], 2-161 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good