[JAPANESE ART: NETSUKE]
A collection of sixteen reference books about netsuke connoisseurship and collections, comprising:

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— JONAS, F. M. Netsuke. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1960.
— BARBANSON, Adrienne. Fables in Ivory: Japanese Netsuke and Their Legends. New York and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1961.
— BUSHELL, Raymond. Collectors' Netsuke. Tokyo and New York: Walker Weatherhill, 1971.
— DOWER, John W. The Elements of Japanese Design: A Handbook of Family Crests, Heraldry & Symbolism. Tokyo and New York: Walker Weatherhill, 1971.
— KOOP, Albert J. and INADA, Hogitaro. Japanese Names and How to Read Them: A Manual for Art-Collectors and Students. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972.
— KOOP, Albert J. and INADA, Hogitaro. Japanese Names and How to Read Them: A Manual for Art-Collectors and Students. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972.
— O'Brien, Mary Louise. Netsuke: A Guide for Collectors. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1975.
— BARKER, Richard and SMITH, Lawrence. Netsuke: The Miniature Sculpture of Japan. London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1976.
— KINSEY, Miriam. Contemporary Netsuke. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1977.
— KINSEY, Miriam. Contemporary Netsuke. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1977.
— ROOSEVELT, C.V.S. Netsuke: A Bibliography. Washington D.C., 1978. 102/300 edition, signed by the author.
— OKADA, Barbra Teri and Neill, Mary Gardner. Real and Imaginary Beings: The Netsuke Collection of Joseph nd Edith Kurstin. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980.
— EDWARDS, Lisa A and KREBS, Margie M. Netsuke: The Collection of the Peabody Essex Museum. Salem: Peabody Essex Museum, 2000.

Together 16 volumes.

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[JAPANESE ART: NETSUKE]
A collection of sixteen reference books about netsuke connoisseurship and collections, comprising: