1925. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI Run of 9 issues from Volume Four. Numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 & 12. Taishô 14 [1925] Tôkyôsha, Tôkyô. Each bound in wrappers, 25.8 x 18.8 cm. On quality paper, printed in color throughout. Kodomo no Kuni (The..... More
1931. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 10, #10. Tokyo, September 1931. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1931. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 10, #13. Tokyo, December 1931. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1932. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 11, #10. Tokyo, September 1932. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1932. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 11, #3. Tokyo, March 1932. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1932. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 11, #4. Tokyo, April 1932. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1932. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 11, #7. Tokyo, June 1932. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1933. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 12, #2. Tokyo, February 1933. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1933. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 12, #3. Tokyo, March 1933. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1933. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 12, #4. Tokyo, April 1933. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1934. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 13, #11. Tokyo, October, 1934. With contributions by such artists as Takei Takeo and writers as Ogawa Mimei. Some edgewear and soiling else very good. More
1929. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 8, #15. Tokyo, December 1929. THE LAND OF CHILDREN was the finest kid's magazine of the prewar period in Japan. There were contributions in each heavily illustrated issue by some of the finest illustrators and writers of the time. Issues are..... More
1930. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 9, #10. Tokyo, October 1930. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1933. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO TENCHI V. 1, #2. Tokyo, June 1933. There must be an interesting story behind KODOMO NO TENCHI. In style, size, printing quality and even in the artists and illustrators it featured (Takei, Hatsuyama, etc.) it iterated KODOMO NO KUNI. There were additions, some..... More
1931. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 10, #3. Tokyo, March 1931. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1965. (CHINA). CHINESE JOURNEY. Photographs by Gun Kessle. Text by Jan Myrdal. New York: Pantheon Books, (1965). First edition. Small 4to., red and black cloth stamped in gilt, spine in gilt. 160 pp. Illustrated with photographs throughout. A very good copy; clean and bright, in an edgeworn dust jacket... More
1945. (CHINATOWN). CHINATOWN U.S.A. Text and Photographs by Elizabeth Colman. New York: John Day, [c. 1945]. Small 4to, 32 pp. + 88 pp. photographic section; red cloth. A near fine copy in moderately worn dust jacket. More
1945. (CHINATOWN). CHINATOWN U.S.A. Text and Photographs by Elizabeth Colman. New York: John Day, [c. 1945]. Small 4to, 32 pp. + 88 pp. photographic section; red cloth. A very good copy. More
1975. (CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY). THE CHINESE EXHIBITION. A pictorial record of the Exhibition of Archaeological Finmds of The People's Republic of China. (San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 1975). 4to., pictorial wrappers; xvi + 385 items illustrated. Near fine. More
1974. (CHINESE ART). MURALS FROM THE HAN TO THE TANG DYNASTY. 4to., beige cloth; black & white and color illustrations; 100 pp. In Chinese, with the English language text inserted in a stapled 4to pamphlet (Publishing information for pamphlet: Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1974). A few pencil notations, else fine..... More
1962. [CHINESE BIBLIOGRAPHY] YAMAMOTO SHOTEN, publisher. MINDAI SASHIZUHON ZUROKU Naikaku Bunko Shozô Tanpen Shosetsu no Bu. Tokyo, Shôwa 37 [1962]. 26.5 x 19.3 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, printed paper title label. A useful guide, using facsimile reproductions of pages from Ming Dynasty illustrated short story collections in the Japanese government..... More
1980. (CHINESE BRONZES). THE WONDER OF CHINESE BRONZES. By Li Xueqin. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, (1980). First edition. 8vo.,, green cloth. 80pp. + color plates. A very good copy in a dust jacket that shows some light edgewear. More
1980. (CHINESE BRONZES). THE WONDER OF CHINESE BRONZES. By Li Xueqin. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, (1980). First edition. 8vo.,, green cloth. 80pp. + color plates. Spine faded, else very good. More
1960. (Chinese Crafts). CHINESE PAPER CUT-OUTS. Photographs by W. and B. Forman. Text by J. Hejzlar. Translated by I. Havlu. London: Spring Books, (1960). Large square 8vo., decorated paper-covered boards, with a window; 32pp. + 64pp. color plates. Near fine, in a glassine jacket... More
1932. [CHINESE LANGUAGE] MULLIE, Jos. THE STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE, an Introduction to the Spoken Language (Northern Pekingese Dialect). Translated from the Flemish by A. Omer Versichel. Volume 1[-III]. Peiping, China: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 1932[-1937]. Volumes 5 and 6 of "Anthropos linguistische bibliothek" series, edited..... More