Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 4 - The Old Man Who Made The Dead Trees Blossom [Hanasaki Jiji 花咲爺]. David Thompson, translator ダビッド タムソン. Kōbunsha 弧文社. Tokio [Tokyo]. Meiji 18 [1885]. 15 x 10cm small, crepe paper book, opens Western style. Perfect-bound with holes for..... More
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190. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 6: The Mouse’s Wedding [Nezumi no Yomeiri] [crepe paper book]. Tokyo: Hasegawa Publishing. C. 1902 - 1911. [David Thompson] ダビッドタムソン. 15.2 x 10.3cm crepe paper book (chirimen bon 縮緬本) bound Japanese style fukuro toji and secured with ties in two stab holes. The colophon..... More
Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 7: The Old Man and the Devils 瘤取 [Kobutori]. [Doctor Hepburn]ドクトルヘボン, translator. Tokyo. Meiji 19 [1886]. 18.2 x 12.2cm small book, bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji opens Western style. [9] cho with decorated wrappers in color, story ends on inside rear wrapper. Colophon in Japanese on..... More
Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 9: The Serpent with Eight Heads (Yamata No Orochi 八頭ノ大蛇) . B. H. Chamberlain, translator. Kobunsha, publisher (Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher) . Tokyo. Meiji 19 [1886]. 15 x 10cm small, crepe paper book opens Western style and has decorated wrappers..... More
1919. Kamigata Shumi 上方趣味 [2 hand fans on front wrapper]. 夏の巻 Natsu no Maki [Summer edition]. 大正 Taishō 8 [1919].15.5 x 10.7cm bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with decorated front wrapper of 2 hand fans. 28 cho with index, ads, and information and articles on things to do and see in..... More
1937. Kodomo No Kuni. コドモノクニ. Vol. 16 #11 第十六巻 第十一號. Showa 12 [1937]. Tokyo. Tokyosha.25 x 25.5cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine published in Japan from 1922 to 1944. Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana. Illustrated stories for children, many double-page, and a 6-page educational section for parents..... More
1937. Kodomo No Kuni. コドモノクニ. Vol. 16 #8 第八號. Showa 12 [1937]. 昭和十二年. Tokyo. Tokyosha. 第十六巻. 25 x 25.5cm large-format children’s full color illustrated magazine published in Japan from 1922 to 1944. Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana. This special issue focuses on “Our Rivers,” exploring the theme through..... More
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Kōrin Hyakuzu Kōhen 光琳百図後編 [One Hundred Designs by Kōrin, 2nd Series], 2 vols in 1. Suzuki Ki-itsu 鈴木其一 and Sakai Hō-Itsu 酒井抱一, editors. Bunsei 9 [1826]. 2 books in 1 volume 25.5 x 18cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with tan decorated wrappers with silver mica. 37 cho of original monochrome woodblock..... More
Kyō no 100 Ninten 今日の100人展 [100 Contemporary Artists]. Mainichi Shinbunsha 毎日新聞社, publisher. 1971. 24 x 25cm art catalog with over 100 black and white photographic images and Japanese text. Two red free endpapers in both the front and the rear. Bio of each artist in Japanese text under the photo..... More
1740. THE LADIES DISPENSATORY: or, Every Woman her own Physician. Treating of the Natures, Causes, and various Symptoms of all the Diseases, Infirmities, and Disorders, natural or contracted, that most particularly affect the Fair Sex, in all their different Situations of Life, as Maids, Married Women, and Widows. London: James..... More
1828. LECTURES D'UN PERE A SON FILS ou Choix de Lectures Instructives, destine a l'education des jeunes gens. Par un Professeur de l'Universite. Paris, a la Libraire de la Jeunesse, chez Eugene Balland, 1828. 8vo. 262pp. Edifying readings on history, religion, morality, natural history, etc., by a "University Professor" to..... More
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1915. [Matchbook Label Album] [Rinpyō 燐票]. Taisho, Showa era. 1915-early post-War. 18.2 x 25.5cm orihon folding album with floral fabric-covered boards and color printed label on front board. Cover label has a design of Osaka Castle with Japanese text (大禮記念事業) that is the name of an Osaka commemorative event that..... More
193. [Matchbox and Matchbook Labels - rinpyō 燐票 album] 16 x 23cm flocked fabric-covered scrapbook of matchbox and matchbook labels (rinpyō 燐票) opens Japanese style. 2 hole binding with thin black rope ties. Gold star decoration and Japanese text printed in gold on front board. Over 400 labels, approx..... More
195. [Matchbox label and matchbox label design collection - rinpyō 燐票 ] C. 1950s-1960s 99 loose matchbox and matchbook labels (rinpyō 燐票) backed with bamboo or other lightweight wood. Colorful illustrations advertise a range of businesses, including Western style clothing shop Hashimoto, Marutama pachinko parlor, Hato Tokkyū はと特急 [Dove/Pigeon..... More
Mingei-gami KUREHA 民芸紙 くれは. Kyoto. Showa 32 [1957]. Large oblong folio 25.9 X 40.3 cm, in light green brocade covers with a printed paper title label. Initial page is a foreword with the title Furukatagami Raisan 古型紙禮讃 [Praiseworthy Traditional Stencilled Papers] in Japanese text with the date of Showa 32..... More
Onnakunjyōhōki 女訓重宝記 early 1700s? Osaka. Publ by Morita Shōtarō 毛利田庄太朗 2 vols in one, string bound in fukuro toji 26 x 18cm with modern brushed title slip and housed in a modern chitsu with clasps 26 x 19cm. 7cm margin at the top throughout. 44 cho with black and white..... More
1795. PHARMACOPEIA NOSOCOMII REGII EDINBURGENSIS [The Medications used in the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary]. Edinburgh, 1795. 12mo. vi,63pp. This pharmacopeia is divided into three parts: a list of "simples" (single substances, mostly herbs), a list of mixed medications with recipes, and dosage ("posologia") instructions. The introduction gives weights, and cautions the..... More
1794. PHARMACOPOEA HISPANA. Madrid, Typographia Ibarriana, 1794. First edition. Engraved title. xiv, 212, [22],16 pp. 8vo., full leather that is rubbed and edgeworn, with small losses at spine ends, and shaken. Beautifully printed on fine paper. Internally fine except for library markings, which are limited to the front pastedown and..... More
1936. Pikaso Sobyōshū ピカソ素描集 [Picasso Drawing Collection] - Atelier Magazine 13 #7 アトリエ 第十三巻 第七号. Atelier Shahan アトリエ社版. June, Showa 11 [1936]. 26 x 19cm art magazine, this volume being Picasso, published in June of Showa 11 [1936]. Vol 13 Issue 5 of Atelier magazine アトリエ published by Atelier Shahan..... More
Pikaso Sobyōshū ピカソ素描集 [Picasso Drawing Collection] - Atelier Magazine 13 #7 アトリエ 第十三巻 第七号 (with purple dust jacket). Tokyo. Atelier Shahan アトリエ社版. June, Showa 11, 1936. 26 x 19cm Atelier magazine with purple dust covers with a reproduced black and white drawing of a partial profile. Beige front wrappers with..... More
1756. Shonin Ichidai Dōchūzu (Zen) 諸人一代道中図 (全) [Map]. [1756] Hōreki 6 February 宝暦6年2月 子 [zodiacal year of the rat].Nomura Bunshodo 野村文焼堂, publisher. 20.8 x 13.7cm when folded in booklet form and 61.5 x 53.5cm when opened. Original woodblock print map in color with colophon and Japanese text. Printed title on..... More
The Silly Jelly-Fish [Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 13]. [Kawabata Gyokusho 川端玉章, illustrator]. B.H. Chamberlain, translator. Hasegawa, publisher. Tokyo. Meiji 20 [1887]. 15 x 9.9cm small crepe paper book opens Western style with decorated front and rear wrappers. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing..... More
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Tongue Cut Sparrow [Shitakiri Suzume [舌切り雀]] - Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 2. David Thompson, translator ダビッド タムソン. Kōbunsha 弧文社. [Tokyo]. Meiji 19 [1886]. 15 x 10cm small, crepe paper book, opens Western style. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing. Colophon on inside front wrapper. [10]..... More
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19. [Two matchbook label albums] [Rinpyō 燐票] [C. Late Meiji, early Taisho 1900-1920] Two 15.8 x 11cm orihon folding albums with cloth covered boards and decorative title slips. There are matchbook labels on front and back sides of the folding albums with 3 to 4 matchbook labels, (one book has..... More
1795. VALUABLE SECRETS CONCERNING ARTS AND TRADES or, Approved Directions from the Best Artists, for the Various Methods of engraving on Brass, Copper or Steel, of the Composition of Metals and Varnishes... etc. etc. Norwitch, Thomas Hubbard, 1795. Octavo. xxii,240pp. First American Edition. Ex-lib stamp on front pastedown and title..... More