B1066.  Japanese Sword Guards Onin-Heianjo-Yoshiro by Gary Murtha.  2016.  Softbound, 6 x 9″, 180 pages in English.  There was a time in Japan when brass, which had to be imported from the Asian mainland, was more expensive than gold.  This book is a very thorough presentation of the 3 schools who worked in brass inlay on iron.  There are 19 pages of introduction and history and at the back of the book 3 pages of glossary and bibliography; the rest of the pages are given to illustrations and descriptions, with pictures of tsuba on nearly every one of them.  The book is in excellent condition with the author’s signature.  12 ounces.  $40