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
1935. SEIHÔ Takeuchi. [PRINT ALBUM] Takeuchi SEIHÔ. SEIHÔ IPPINSHÛ. Kyoto & Tokyo, Unsodo, Showa 12 - 14 [1937 - 9]. 53.2 cm x 42.7 cm. The first series, complete with all 31 prints which were issued in two formats: (1) ten paper fascicules and also (2) tassel-bound by the publisher..... More
1939. SEIHÔ Takeuchi. [PRINT ALBUM] Takeuchi SEIHÔ. SEIHÔ IPPINSHÛ. Kyoto & Tokyo, Unsodo, Showa 12 - 14 [1937 - 9]. 53.2 cm x 42.7 cm. The first series, complete with all 31 prints which were issued in two formats: (1) ten paper fascicules and also (2) tassel-bound by the publisher..... More
1934. [DESIGN BOOK] Yoshida Gyokujô, compiler. TANSAI GAFU. Kyoto, Happpôdô, Shôwa 9 [1934]. 2 vols., complete. Tall folios, 36.7 x 25.4 cm, orihon folded album in woodcut printed paper over board covers with printed paper title labels. There are 25 total full page color woodblock prints. Interesting style, mixing flat..... More
1937. [DESIGN MAGAZINE]. TEIKOKU KÔGEI Vol.11, #12. Tokyo, Showa 12 [1937]. 25.7 x 19 cm. Decorated wrappers. Interesting articles on contenporary art and design.... furniture, fashion, kitchenware, graphics, etc., etc. The dominant sensibility is Deco throughout. Illustrated with halftone photo plates. Very good. More
[DESIGN]. SAIKÔKYÛ MIRAAKOOTO-KAMI TOPPAN-ZURI OODAMATCHI MIHONCHO NP, ND [Japan, 1960s?]. 16.3 X 24.5 cm. Leatheroid covers, 23 pages of 5.5 x 8 cm designs for matchbox covers, done in a "mirrorcoat" process of relief printing. One sample clipped for color matching. The back covers is loosening. Overall, a good copy..... More
1890. [DESIGN] SHIN ZUAN, #11-20, 10 volumes. Kyoto, Shinzuankai. Nakayasu Shinsaburô, Meiji 25-7 [1890-2]. 24.4 x 16.5 cm. Cord- bound Japanese-style (fukuro toji). Printed paper covers, each with at least 12 single page color woodcuts after designs by Kamisaka Sekka, Kaishi [Kaigai] Tennen and others. These are volumes eleven through..... More
1937. [DESIGN] Azuma Dôjin. Koutashirabe AZUMA KOROMO. Unsôdô, Kyôto & Tôkyô, Shôwa 12 [1937]. A large folding album (34.0 x 24.8 cm), 10 pages (15 designs) of superbly printed color woodblock images by the "Companions from the East" The margins and facing pages have browning and foxing. This, the "spring"..... More