B564.   Yumei Koto Taikan by Iimura.  1982.  Clothbound with plastic jacket and slipcase, 8 ½ x 12”, 840 pages in Japanese.  Hundreds and hundreds of oshigata and photos of blades from the Koto period; this is a very important and useful reference.  I have a copy on my book shelf; wouldn’t be without it.  I have a digital copy of an English index to this book.  If you buy it remind me to send the index..

This book had a compromised binding when it came in.. I took it to a first class book binder and now it is in excellent condition. The binder tells me the new binding is stronger than the original. The slipcase (not the one in my picture) is toned a bit and separating along corners for an inch or so; a former owner has written the title in English on the spine of the case. 8 pounds, 9 ounces. $350.