Catalogue 38A Japan and Asia online

Friends,

We are pleased to announce our new catalogue 38A, Japan and Asia, featuring 147 items. The catalogue is now online and can be viewed at http://www.rarebook.com/cat38/cat38ad.html. We look forward to any questions or comments. Contact us directly to order or inquire.

Japanese Commercial Art: 24 volumes

We have just been cataloging our new acquisitions from Japan. This will be of special interest to those who appreciate Japanese commercial design:

[COMMERCIAL ART] GENDAI SHÔGYÔ BIJUTSU ZENSHÛ THE COMPLETE COMMERCIAL ARTIST 24 volumes. Tokyo, ARS, Shôwa 3 [1928] 24 large slender 8vo. vols., this edition bound in red cloth, gilt, with bi-lingual titling. A remarkable compendium, heavily illustrated in color and b+w, exploring the whole world of commercial art, in Japan and abroad, for the professional. With remarkable articles by the leading proponents of Japanese advertising and commercial art of the day. One occasionally finds odd volumes of this thematically organized work, but it is very unusual thus, complete. Essential reference to late Taishô, early Shôwa culture. Complete, very good. Offered at $4,750.00.



We will be issuing an new Japanese and East Asian catalogue near the end of the year. To receive notification of the publication of the electronic version, please contact us at eacatalogue@rarebook.com with your email address.

Japanese photography books

With the current market strong for photo illustrated books, we thought it might be a good time to draw attention to our selection of modern Japanese photography monographs. Many of our books are signed by the photographer; all are in very good to fine condition.

Featured here is an oversize Moriyama Daidô monograph, Daidô hysteric no. 6 1994, published in 1993 by Hysteric Glamour. This limited edition features over 360 full page (many double-page) b/w images of Daidô's Japan - dark, grainy and ominous. Very good condition with only some moderate wear to cover. Offered at $975.00.

Also among our cache are books by:
Hosoe Eikoh: Eikoh Hosoe (Aperture Masters of Photography), signed, fine, $160.00
Kurihara Tatsuo: Okiri o Hibi no Kate ni Gakusei Tôsô no Kiroku, very good, $150.00
Moriyama Daidô: Imitation, signed, near fine, $685.00
Naitô Tadayuki: Sakura-cosm, signed, fine, $175.00
Naraki Itsuro: The Dancers, signed, fine, $250.00
Naraki Itsuro: Nomads, fine, $175.00
Tanaka Ichirô: Shashin Nichijô 1935-1990, signed, fine, $175.00

You can search our stock of Japanese photo monographs by visiting our website's search page and entering the keywords EA PHOTOGRAPHY in the keywords field. We also buy similar monographs, especially if signed, in very good or better condition.

Daidô hysteric no. 6 1994