Huish, Marcus B. — Japan and Its Art

London, England / London, England / Shanghai, Hong, B.T. Batsford / The Fine Art Society / Kelly & Walsh , . Third Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Publication date not stated, but a stated Third Edition, revised and enlarged. Laid in is a pencil-written note, heavily toned, to the new owner, W.B. Chase, a music critic and editor at the New York Times and the New York Sun from 1896-1935, and a noted Japanophile and Sinologist, from a friend, maybe J.S. Bell?, and with Chase's penciled inscription inside front flap. Laid in also is a folded article from the New York Times Book Review and Magazine from August 12, 1923, by Marion Lucey, on the Noh Theatre of Japan. Bound handsomely in burgundy cloth, with rubbed gilt lettering to spine, bumping to spine head and foot, but sharper and more distinct gilt lettering and illustrations to front cover, quite fine. The author, a noted Japanophile, examines Japan's history, customs, culture, religion, and especially its art history. The second edition contained two new chapters on Pictorial Art and Ceramics, added three dozen new pages and another 33 illustrations and radically rewrote the first edition. This Third edition now includes 225 black-and-white illustrations. xvi [1], 1-273 pp., with publisher's ads following.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good