19. Ōsaka Jyō Hakkei 大阪城八景 [8 Views of Osaka Castle] [Woodblock Album]. Oblong orihon folio 25 x 35 cm, in stiff silk-covered boards with a printed paper title label. Interspersed with Japanese text is a group of interesting original color woodcuts depicting traditional views of Osaka Castle during the..... 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
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Sekai Shashin Nenkan Kessaku-shū 1938 [World Photo Almanac Masterpiece Collection], Vol 1 世界写真年鑑傑作集 アルス (Arusu-sha アルス社), publisher Showa 12 昭和12年 1937 26x18.5cm volume with light blue-gray dust jacket bound and opens Western style. Title with letter shading in white and the date ‘1938’ in red with ‘Vol 1’ across..... More
Serizawa Keisuke Zenshū, 31 volumes 芹沢銈介全集 全 31 [Collected Works of Serizawa Keisuke] Chūō Kōronsha 中央公論社, publisher Showa 55-58 (1980 -1984) 31 hardcover volumes 21.6 x 15.5cm open Japanese style with reproduced color photos and Japanese text throughout on the works of Serizawa Keisuke 芹沢銈介. The books..... 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
You tong wen ku di 1 ji 幼童文章 第一集 [24 vols] Minguo 民國 23-24 [1934-5] Shang wu yin shu guan 商務印書館, publisher Shanghai 上海 24 volumes of children’s books staple-bound approx 18.5 x 13cm published from 1934-5 in China with illustrations and Chinese text throughout. Front wrapper color illustrations..... More
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1800. [Zodiacal Animals Handscroll] [Emaki - Handscroll 絵巻] [C. 1850] [Emaki - Handscroll 絵巻]. A handscroll of zodiacal animals measures 29 x 582 cm. intotal length with 26 cm. blank at the start on heavy paper in a brocade cover. Never finished, it has 10 animals, with..... More
[Zuan - Stencil Design Book]. Kyoto? Shōtoku 正徳 [1711 - 1716] to Meiji Gannen 明治元年 [1868]. 24.7 x 17.7cm volume of design patterns string bound fukuro toji. Hand printed sample stencil sample book assembled by a dyeing house in Kyoto. A total of 507 monochrome designs, from single to multiple..... More
Zuijin Guowen Jiaokeshu 最新国文教科書. circa 1904. Shanghai? [Commercial Press 商務印書館]. 22 x 13.5cm String bound fukuro toji with 59 cho, complete as such. A small Chinese schoolbook from the early 20th century. Chinese text with over 70 charming monochrome wood engravings that illustrate each lesson. Introduction and index in Chinese..... More
1847. [PERIODICALS] THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, VOL. IX, NO. XVII PART 2, 1847. London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1847. 8vo, printed wrappers. Good, some chipping to wrappers. Articles on Persian poets, Hindu kings. More
1946. FERVAL, Claude. POEMES: LA TRACE DE SES PAS DERNIERS VERS. Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard, 1946. 274 pp. 4to., wrappers. Very good. 1 inch closed tear to bottom of spine; light foxing to wrappers, endpapers. Top edge unopened. In original glassine dust jacket, which is quite chipped at spine... More
1870. 19TH CENTURY. TUDOR WHARVES ICE: THE SHIPS ANAHUAC, LUCY S. WILLS AND ANNA DECATUR. (Photographer unknown). ca. 1870. Matted framed original photograph (matted to 11 x 17 inches). Diagonal vista: The ships Anahuac, Lucy S. Wills and Anna Decatur load ice at the Tudor Wharves, Charlestown, Massachusetts. The first..... More
1893. [19th Century]. photograph - portrait and letter: Phillips Brooks silver gelatin[?] print measures 4" x 5.5". Reverse side of card dates the photograph "Copyrighted 1893 by H G Smith, Boston, MA." and includes studio's logo. photograph is clean and includes second card with a letter by Brooke, a notable..... More
1869. [19th CENTURY]. PHOTOGRAPH OF ADMIRAL D. G. FARRAGUT. 1869. measures 3.5" by 5". photograph originally frontispiece for OUR ADMIRAL'S FLAG ABROAD THE CRUISE OF ADMIRAL D.G. FARRAGUT, COMMANDING THE EUROPEAN SQUADRON IN 1867-1868. photograph is clean and sheet shows only minor aging. An interesting specimen. More
1934. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] TAKASUGI Mikitaro, editor. JUTAKU KENCHIKU Kensho Sekkei Zuanshu. Tokyo, Kenchiku Gakkai, Showa 9 [1934]. 8vo., printed wrappers. This book of award-winning designs for domestic architecture has forty plus pages of designs and projections. Very good condition. More
1901. AN UNCOMMON SET COMPLETE KINGSLEY, CHARLES. CHARLES KINGSLEY, HIS LETTERS AND MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE. London and New York: Macmillan Co., 1901. Limited edition of 525 copies; complete in 19 volumes. Frontispieces in first four volumes. 8vo., red cloth stamped and decorated in gilt to upper board and spine..... More
19. [KAKEMONO] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. A BOATMAN. Hanging scroll, image size 138.8 X 27.6 cm. Beautifully mounted. Wooden scroll box. The painting is signed and sealed by Sekka (1866-1942), the foremost master of Rimpa painting in the 20th Century in Japan. Sekka's boatman depicted here is encountered often in his..... More