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Total number of records: 9

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Books and printed items7
Textiles2

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International Textile Collection2
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1939-19452
conceptual art1
defense industries1
export controls1
furniture1
happenings (art)1
performance art1
process art1
women artists1

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Japan9
United States4
United Kingdom2
Leeds1
Norway1
Soviet Union1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Fleisher, Wilfrid (1897-)1
Grew, Joseph C (1880-1965)1
Hawks, Francis Lister1
Hawks, Francis Lister (1798-1866)1
Koizumi, Kazuko (1933-)1
Kongsberg Vapenfabrikk1
Lennon, John (1940-1980)1
Markham, Ms Mamiko1
Ono, Yoko1

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Report from Tokyo : a warning to the United Nations

Grew, Joseph C (1880-1965)

[1943]

"First published in Great Britain... on April 5th, 1943."

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Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854 : under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry

Perry, Matthew Calbraith (1794-1858); Hawks, Francis Lister (1798-1866); United States naval expedition to Japan

1857

This edition contains only the material in v.1 of the government edition.

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Our enemy Japan

Fleisher, Wilfrid (1897-)

1942

Map on lining-papers.

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Grapefruit : a book of instructions

Ono, Yōko; Lennon, John (1940-1980)

[1970]

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Katazomi illustrative process samples and raw materials

2017

11 square cotton samples in various stages of katazome (stencil) dyeing using brushes, including completed pieces, along with their wooden drying supports. Also included are samples of natural ingred...

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shibori samples
Textile

shibori samples

late 20th-early 21st Century

Originally part of a 36 page study pack with printed descriptions, these 25 pieces are a series of 'before and after' samples of various tie dye or shibori techniques. All samples are on white cotton...

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Traditional Japanese furniture

Koizumi, Kazuko (1933-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1986

Map on lining papers. Includes index. pt. 1: Furniture and furnishings. Cabinetry; Partition devices ; Floor coverings ; Seating and bedding ; Lighting devices ; Heating devices ; Writing and study ...

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