[CREATIVE PRINTS] WATARAI Jun'suke, artist. KOROPOKKURU NO SHI. a little (9.8 x 7.4 cm) leather wraparound box, gold embossed with 13 copperengravings inside, illustrating a text of [POEMS OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE], the little people being humanculi of Ainu legend who "take their ease under the trees" of the great..... More
1891. [Crepe Paper Book] THE RAT'S PLAINT. Tokyo: Published by T. Hasegawa, 10, Hiyoshi-cho, Meiji 24 [1891]. An oblong volume, 15.5 x 18.9 cm, bound with two ribbon ties. [32] pp., including covers. This color woodblock-printed fairy tale out of China, translated by Archibald Little, is one of the scarcer..... More
[CREPE PAPER BOOK]. JAPANESE PICTURES OF JAPANESE LIFE. Hasegawa: 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokyo; 1895. Larger format, 20.0 x 15.2 cm creped paper tied book with color woodcuts on the cover and throughout. The text consists of captions only to the five double page and three single page illustrations. Very lovely and..... More
1887. [CREPE PAPER BOOKS] Kate James. Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No.14 THE PRINCES FIRE-FLASH AND FIRE-FADE T.Hasegawa: #2 Minami Saegi-chô Tokyo, Meiji 20 [1887], Early printing. Small format, 15 x 9.8 cm, creped paper fairy tale, trimmed all around. A bit of damage to the foredge and the front cover..... More
1892. [Crepe Paper Book] Bostwick, Lt. F. M. KOHANASAN. 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokio: T. Hasegawa Meiji 25 [1892]. 1st edition. 19.4 x 16.6 cm, Many color woodcuts throughout, unpaginated. The original printed covers are a bit worn and soiled with a nick on the top edge. One of the more unusual..... More
1893. Bostwick, Lt. F. M. Oyuchasan [Crepe Paper Book]. 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokyo: Hasegawa (Kelly & Walsh: Yokohama). Meiji 26 [1893]. 18.4 x 16.1 cm, Many color woodcuts throughout, unpaginated. With a "List of Books" in the back, as well as a list of the 20 fairy tale series volumes and..... More
1900. [CREPE PAPER BOOK] FLORENZ, K. Japanische Dramen TERAKOYA u. ASAGAO. Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag (Hasegawa, Yotsuya Hommura, Tokyo, Meiji 33 [1900]) Large format (19.6 X 15.4 cm) creped paper book, illustrated with color woodcuts. This is the "Dritte Auflage". Near fine in a clasped wraparound that shows but the..... More
1909. [Crepe Paper Book] Kimura Shotaro & Peake, Charlotte M. A., transl. SWORD AND BLOSSOM POEMS. Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, (2nd printing, 1909) Covers are creped paper over padded boards, though the contents are plain paper. Slightly faded and soiled, with a pictorial card tipped on to the t.p. and an..... More
1907. [Crepe Paper Book] Kimura Shotaro & Peake, Charlotte M. A., translators. SWORD AND BLOSSOM POEMS FROM THE JAPANESE. Volumes I II III. Tokyo, 38 Yotsuya Hommura: T. Hasegawa, Meiji 41 [1908] Printed by Kaneko Tokujiro. 18.1 x 12.3 cm. Volume one is a second printing from 1909 after the..... More
1891. Mae Stjohn-Bramhall. Japanese Jingles [Crepe Paper Book]. Tokyo:Hasegawa. Meiji 24 [1891]. 17.1 x 13 cm creped version of this, the first edition, much different and scarcer than the "Second Edition" that appeared the following year. Internally very clean and bright, but the covers are faded and have a few..... More
1973. LP. Crossman, Carl L. THE CHINA TRADE. Export Paintings, Furniture, Silver & Other Objects. Princeton: Pyne Press, (1973). Second printing. XII + 273 pp., 217 illustrations, 40 in color. Large 4to. A fine copy in the dust jacket with a short tear. More
1902. [CUSTOMS] HIRADE Kôjirô, author. TÔKYÔ FÛZOKU-SHI 3 vols. Tôkyô, Meiji 35 [1902]. Tassel-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 22.9 x 15.0 cm. Original printed patterned covers and printed title labels. Illustrated throughout with b+w wood engravings and what appears to be the occasional copper engraving, along with a very few color woodblock..... More
1978. DAILEY, Merlin. MASTER PRINTS 5: FINE JAPANESE PRINTS AT KENNEDY GALLERIES. October 12-November 11, 1978. New Yrok: Kennedy Galleries, 1978. 4to., wrappers. Mostly black and white illustrations. Near fine. More
1969. DANIELS, F.J. BASIC ENGLISH WRITERS' JAPANESE-ENGLISH WORDBOOK. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1969. 8vo, viii + 699 pp., green cloth. Fine, in dust jacket and card slipcase. More
1928. DAYE, Pierre. LE JAPON ET SON DESTIN. Paris: Perrin et Cie., 1928. 8vo., illustrated white paper wraps lettered in red and black. A very good copy that shows light soiling to the wraps and slight chipping at the spine ends. More
DE BECKER, J. E. THE NIGHTLESS CITY OR THE HISTORY OF THE YOSHIWARA YUKWAKU.Yokohama: Max Nossler & Co.,/London: Probsthain & Co. [n.d. ca. 1903] xvi pp. + 2 folding plates +386 pp. 8vo., red cloth stamped in darker red, white and gilt. Corners bumped, moderate shelfwear to spine. Small closed..... More
1941. DE BENNEVILLE, James S. GEORGE BRANDT. Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, (1941). Octavo. [iv],9-178 pp. In a worn publisher's binding of orange cloth with gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. The book is sunned at spine, showing general light soiling overall, and the bottom fore-corner of the upper..... More
19. DE BENNEVILLE, James S. NEW ZEALAND VIEWS. [No place, no date, perhaps circa 1900-1910.] Slim Octavo. 53 pp. Bound in plain green cloth with only the title and author's name gilt-stamped on the upper board. The spine shows light wear at ends and is splitting near the center. This..... More
1910. DE BENNEVILLE, James S. SAITÔ MUSASHI-BÔ BENKEI. (Tales of the Wars of the Gempei) Being the Story of the Lives and Adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kurô Yoshitsune and Saitô Musashi-bô Benkei the Warrior Monk. Volume II. Yokohama: Published by the author, 1910. First edition of volume two (of two)..... More
1857. DE QUINCEY, Thomas. CHINA: A REVISED REPRINT OF ARTICLES FROM "TITAN:" WITH PREFACE AND ADDITIONS. Edinburgh: James Hogg/London: R. Groombridge & Sons, 1857. 152 pp. Inscribed "With the Publisher's Compliments" on title page. 8vo., ex-library, rebound in grey cloth. Endpapers missing, title and following page slightly chipped, no loss..... More
1996. De Sabato Swinton, Elizabeth. The Women of the Pleasure Quarter : Japanese Paintings and Prints of the Floating World. Hudson Hills Press, Manchester, VT, (1996). Fine Folio Soft Cover. More
1996. De Sabato Swinton, Elizabeth. The Women of the Pleasure Quarter : Japanese Paintings and Prints of the Floating World. Hudson Hills Press, Manchester, VT, (1996). Fine Folio, green cloth in dustwrapper. More
1978. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, CHINA: AN ANALYTICAL SURVEY OF LITERATURE. 1978 edition. 4to., white wrappers printed in red, 231 pp., several pockets of maps and diagrams to the rear. Lightly soiled and very lightly edgeworn. Very good plus. Military, East Asian. More
1914. DER LING, Princess. TWO YEARS IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1914. Later printing, Illustrated from photographs. ix,[5],383 pp. Octavo, terra cotta cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. Cloth is lightly sunned at spine and shows general, faint soiling. Clean within and a...... More
1901. SEKKA Kamisaka. [DESIGN BOOK] Kamisaka SEKKA [Yoshitaka]. SHIKISHI. Kyoto: Tanaka jihei, Meiji 34 [1901]. 2 folios, each 31.2 x 21.5 cm. Volume one has 2 color prints and 30 b+w sumi prints, volume two has 30 b+w sumi prints. An interesting design book of subtlety. The covers are quite..... More