1897. BRINKLEY, F., ed. JAPAN DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED BY THE JAPANESE, WRITTEN BY EMINENT JAPANESE AUTHORITIES AND SCHOLARS, VOL. V, DE LUXE EDITION. Boston: J B Millet Company, 1897. No. 439 of 750 numbered copies (De Luxe edition). Elephant folio, 230 + [2] pp. + 8 large plates, being one..... More
1898. BRINKLEY, F., ed. JAPAN DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED BY THE JAPANESE, WRITTEN BY EMINENT JAPANESE AUTHORITIES AND SCHOLARS, VOL. VII, DE LUXE EDITION. Boston: J B Millet Company, 1898. No. 439 of 750 numbered copies (De Luxe edition). Elephant folio, 270 pp. + 8 large plates, being six colored albumen..... More
1916. (BRITISH MUSEUM). A CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE & CHINESE WOODCUTS... in the British Museum. By Laurence Binyon. [London]: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1916. First edition. 4to, lii + 605 pp., with 3 color plates and 28 b&w plates tipped in. Green cloth. Front hinge cracked, cloth splitting at..... More
1873. BRITTAN, Harriette G. SHOSHIE, THE HINDOO ZENANA TEACHER. New York: Thomas Whittaker (1873). 222 + 3 pp. publisher's advertisements. 12mo., brick colored cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Light shelfwear and rubbing to cloth. Small adhesion spot to coated brown pastedown and flyleaf. Pencil ownership to blank recto preceding..... More
1969. BRONSTEIN, Leo. FIVE VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF JAPANESE PAINTING. Freeport: The Bond Wheelright Company, (1969). First edition. Tall 8vo., black cloth with illustration; xvi + 373p. 35 color plates, many b&w illustrations. This is a fine copy. More
1969. BRONSTEIN, Leo. FIVE VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF JAPANESE PAINTING. Freeport: The Bond Wheelright Company, (1969). First edition. Tall 8vo., black cloth with illustration; xvi + 373p. 35 color plates, many b&w illustrations. This is a fine copy. More
1912. BROU, A. SAINT FRANCOIS XAVIER: 1506-1548, TOME PREMIER, & TOME SECOND, LIVRE SIXIEME: UNE ANNEE AUX INDES (1548-1549). 2 VOLUMES. Paris: Gabriel Beauchesne & Cie, 1912. xvi + 445/487 pp. 8vo., half calf with raised bands, gilt spine lettering and marbled paper covered boards. Ex-library with no external markings..... More
1924. BROWN, Louise Norton. BLOCK PRINTING & BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN. With Forty-three Plates (Eighteen in Colours), and Copious Indexes of Titles and Artists. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1924. First edition. Folio size, tan cloth spine with brown morocco label, blue paper-covered boards; xiii + 261pp. The top..... More
1953. BUCK, Pearl. THE MAN WHO CHANGED CHINA, the Story of Sun Yat-Sen. Illustrated by Frank Castellon. New York: Random House, (1953). First edition. 8vo., decorative, green cloth, pictorial endpapers. Ink ownership, name to fore-edge in pencil. Eight leaves are lightly effcted by a small circular patch of dampstain (approx..... More
1965. (BUCKINGHAM COLLECTION). THE CLARENCE BUCKINGHAM COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS. Volume II, by Margaret Gentles. The Art Institute of Chicago, (1965). 1/1000 numbered copies. Vol. II: vi + 307 pp., with 8 color plates and full illustration in b&w. Terracotta cloth, t.e.g., with matching slipcase. Spine titling a bit worn..... More
1955. (BUCKINGHAM COLLECTION). THE CLARENCE BUCKINGHAM COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS. Catalogue in two volumes. Vol. I by Helen Gunsaulus, Vol. II by Margaret Gentles. The Art Institute of Chicago, (1955, 1965). Vol. I is 1/500, Vol. II 1/1000 numbered copies. Vol. I: vi + 284 pp., Vol. II: vi +..... More
1931. BUDDHISM. A BRIEF GLOSSARY OF BUDDHIST TERMS. London: The Buddhist Lodge, 1931. 8vo., orange paper wraps lettered in black. A very good copy with some light creasing and moderate soiling at the wraps. More
1959. (BUDDHIST ART). JAPAN: ANCIENT BUDDHIST PAINTINGS. Preface: Serge Elisseeff. Introduction: Takaaki Matsushita. New York: New York Graphic Society, (1959). Folio-size, white paper-covered boards; 21pp. + 32 color plates. Fine, in a dust jacket with one 3-inch tear. More
1949. BUHOT, Jean. HISTOIRE DES ARTS DU JAPAN. I. Des Origines A 1350. Preface de M. Henri Maspero. Vanoest: Editions d'Art et Histoire, 1949. First edition. 4to., blue cloth, spine in gilt; 270pp. + 7 maps + 88 b&w plates. With light wear and soiling at boards, else near fine..... More
1936. BULLETIN DE LA MAISON FRANCO-JAPONAISE. ETUDES DE LINGUISTIQUE JAPONAISE. Par Aikitu Tanakadate, Orestes Pletner, Henri Frei. Tome huitieme (Annee 1936)- Numero 1. Paris: Librairie Paul Geuthner, (1936). 8vo., brown cloth-backed, yellow paper-covered boards; 164pp. Slight soiling and rubbing, else good. More
1941. (Bulletin de la Maison Franco-Japonaise) BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES PRINCIPALES PUBLICATIONS DE L'EMPIRE JAPONAIS. Paris: Geuthner, 1941. Tokyo: N.S.H.K.K., 1941. Tome XII, No. 2-4. Large 8vo., blue cloth-backed, yellow paper covered boards. 373 pages. Good. More
1955. BURLING, Judith and Arthur Hart. CHINESE ART. New York: The Studio Publications, Inc. in association with Thomas Y. Crowell Co., (1955.) Third printing. 4to., red cloth; 384 pp. B&w illustrations, some also in color. Fine, in a slightly rubbed dj. with a few small edge tears... More
1843. BURNES, Lieut-Col. Sir Alexander. CABOOL: A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO, AND RESIDENCE IN THAT CITY, IN THE YEARS 1836, 7, AND 8. London: John Murray, 1843. Second edition. xii + 398 pp. Three quarter leather with gilt spine lettering and raised bands, moire boards, marbled edges. Bookplate..... More
1969. BUSH, Lewis. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS CAPTAIN BROWN. A chronicle of the sea and of Japan's emergence as a world power. With a foreword by Sir John Pilcher. Containing as an appendix the entire text and drawings of R.H. Brunton. Tokyo: Voyagers' Press and Charles E...... More
1911. CABATON, A. JAVA AND THE DUTCH EAST INDIES. London; Leipsic: T. Fisher Unwin. 376p. 47 photo illustrations. bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. untrimmed pages, some light interior foxing. Uncommon. More
18. CADDELL, Cecilia Mary. HISTORY OF THE MISSIONS IN JAPAN AND PARAGUAY. New York: D. & J. Sadleir & Co., [n.d.]. 8vo., xvii + 180pp.; iv + 102pp. Front hinge cracked, front flyleaf missing. Just a touch of foxing or staining at edge of text. Rubbing of boards, cloth worn..... More
1994. CALZA, Gian Carlo.(ed.) HOKUSAI PAINTINGS: Selected Essays. Venice: The International Hokusai Research Centre, 1994. 4to. 319 pp. Grey cloth. Blindstamped to front and stamped in white to spine. Spine slightly skewed with a few light bumps, Dustjacket has a closed tear to spine. Very good in a very dustjacket..... More
1950. CAMBEFORT, Gaston. INTRODUCTION AU CAMBODGIEN. Paris, 1950. 8vo., printed wrappers, viii, 80pp. Wrappers detached, else good. More
[CANDY - JAPAN] A COLLECTION OF 560 CANDY WRAPPERS AND LABELS, AND 55 DECORATED BOXES, EARLY 20TH CENTURY. The wrappers and labels range from small (2.5 x 3 cm) to large (32 x 45 cm), although the majority are somewhere in the middle. Many are elegantly printed woodblocks employing traditional..... More
1912. [CANDY] TAKAGI Shotarô, editor. YAMATO NISHIKI Zen. Tokyo, Tokyo Kashi Kenkyukai, Taisho Gannen [1912]. Tassel-bound, oblong (22.1 x 28.3 cm) in brocade covers with printed paper title label. A wonderful guide to the schools of traditional candy-making in japan and their varied productions, profusely illustrated in color lithograph, with..... More