High quality 400 page auction cataloque from the sale of one the most important collections of Japanese swords ever sold. The Christies sale in New York, on March 31 1992 achieved close to 8 million US dollars. Paperback with high quality dust jacket. Colour and black and white illustrations, with seperate realised price list. Includes glossary, bibliography, index, fittings, artist schools and swordsmith schools. Pages & plates clean and unmarked. Binding good but as usual the spine is seperating in the middle due to the staples used. Very slight shelf wear to the exterior and very light soiling/staining along page edges. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed and edgeworn. Overall very good condition.