This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ... CATALOGUE FIRST AFTERNOON"S SALE Thursday, February J2th, AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT 2.30 O"CLOCK 1 Five Specimens of Adzukigawa, or Bean Leather. Rich brown tone. Plum design in stencil. 29 inches by 21 inches. 2 Four Specimens of Adzukigawa Leathers. Light brown tone. Conventional chrysanthemum in stencil. 32 inches by 23 inches. 3 Three Specimens of Adzukigawa Leathers. Brown tone. Stencilled with design of sword guards on which Japanese letters are written. 26 inches by 22 inches. 4 Two Specimens of Adzukigawa Leathers. Chocolate tone. Stencilled in floral design. 28 inches by 23 inches. 5 Two Specimens of Adzukigawa Leathers. Rich brown tone. Plum design in stencil. 26 inches by 22 inches. 6 Specimen of Adzukigawa Leather. Rich chocolate tone. Chrysanthemum design. 27 inches by 23 inches. 7 Adzukigawa Leather. Dark orange tone. Chrysanthemum design. 26 inches by 26 inches. 8 Adzukigawa Leather. Rich brown tone. Plum design. 27 inches by 26 inches. 9 Four Specimens of Komonkawa Leathers. Characters meaning "happiness and longevity" stencilled in black on rich orange-yellow ground. 33 inches by 30 inches. 10 Three Specimens of Komonkawa Leathers. Conventional floral Karakusa design. Dark blue color. 29 inches by 22 inches. 11 Six Specimens of Komonkawa Leathers. Design of sacred jewels floating on water. Rich brown tone. 31 inches by 23 inches. 12 Three Specimens of Komonkawa Leathers. Conventional cherry blossom design. Dark brown tone. 29 inches by 24 inches. 13 Two Specimens of Komonkawa Leathers. Conventional cherry-blossom design. Dark gray tone. 30 inches by 25 inches. 14 iThree Specimens of Komonkawa Leathers. Satsuma crests design. Bich orange background. 3? inches by 33 inches. 15 Three Specimens of Komonkawa Leathers. ...