Two Volume Hardcover Set of W.M. Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths. Both are First Editions, Copyrights 1966 & 1967. - BO 487 Two Volume Hardcover Set of W.M. Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths. Both are First Editions, Copyrights 1966 & 1967. - BO 487 Other Accessory

This is a scarce hardcover two-volume first edition set of W.M. Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths, copyrights 1966 and 1967 in excellent condition. Both books measure about 6" x 8 1/2". Volume One goes to page 491 and Volume Two continues on to page 756. The volumes are in good condition with a split on the spine cover of volume 2. (illustrated). Both volumes have had little use and are tight in their binding. Volume 1 is Japanese Swordsmiths; 13,500 names used by about 12,000 swordsmiths from 700 to 1900 AD. Published 1966. Volume 2 is Japanese Swordsmiths; Supplemental lists of 4000 swordsmiths, steel and temper line characteristics of 2500 smiths, Glossary of 1000 sword terms, thirty pages of illustrations, numerous tables. Published 1967. The price for this rare two volume set includes U.K. delivery. BO 487