The best Antique & Collectible Books: Reddit reviews

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A user recently posted photos from the book Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo. The photos are copyrighted images and I don't think it's right to have them posted like that here. These are images that I made myself that detail the same information that user posted. It's a great book and I recommend picking it up here. Sorry for being a stickler.

Still good? Yeah, they're a foundational text in mathematics. There are some really beautiful illustrated versions of Elements out there.

I found a book called "Bushido" which was fascinating. Tonnes of cool images and the author took the time to set out background and history quite a bit.

Bushido https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0764312014/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_RMT3KVGT1DAVDFZVDQZJ

Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story https://www.amazon.com/dp/157281912X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_JQEZY6CFTGTMZEMF7DT1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Also picked up this Rider Waite deck

Pamela Colman Smith Commemorative Set https://www.amazon.com/dp/1572816392/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_7T5Z8F5WJJ9TMBA1N3TJ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Centennial Smith Rider Waite is my new favorite. There’s a phenomenal coffee table bookcalled Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story

Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo

Japanese Tattooing Now!: Memory And Transition, Classic Horimono To The New One Point Style

https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Art-Swordsmanship-Royal-Armouries/dp/0948092858

This one?

FYI direct links are better than burying information in text that we then have to copy/paste and edit in Google.

Appears to be a reference to the book 84 Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff, which was made into a fantastic film with Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft. I'm guessing this is tracing which people communicated with each other by letter. FD is presumably Frank Doel, whose exchanges make up most of the book, and ND could be his wife, Nora Doel.

Bushido: legacies of the Japanese tattoo is an interesting read. There's been a few other times it's been asked, I think a quick search could bring those threads up

I can't really say much that other's haven't already, but if you are interested in traditions when it comes to what matches what and placement etc. I can recommend a good entry level (price wise) book called Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo (link here to Amazon (UK)):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bushido-Legacies-Japanese-Takahiro-Kitamura/dp/0764312014/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=irezumi&qid=1594125179&s=books&sr=1-11

I have a reading log type journal that I bought from amazon. Its actually very helpful. HAs a table of contents at the front so you can go to a review you've written.

This is a nice one to start with; I think it helps at first to have a kind of framework when you begin journaling your reading. This holds 100 books and I found it to be incredibly useful!

I'd suggest Byrne's Euclid -- it's a really nice edition and a good coffee-table book. Alternatively, Henry Segerman makes some beautiful mathematical sculpture, much of which is within your budget.

incidentally seems maybe theyre doing a reprint of his book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Medieval-Art-Swordsmanship-Jeffrey-Forgeng/dp/0948092858/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513115576&sr=8-1&keywords=the+medieval+art+of+swordsmanship

Tashen is a publisher that has some reprints of historic printings of Classic books, one of these is the first six books of Euclid, it looks absolutely amazing, if you are going to invest in a physical copy (of the first six books atleast) I would go for this.