Imperial Hotel Tokyo brochure. 23.75 x 10cm color brochure for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo opens to 39.75 x 10cm. The front and rear has a lovely double page color print of the Imperial hotel with pine trees in the foreground and Mount Fuji in the background with 帝国ホテル [Teikoku..... More
1811. ABERNETHY, John. SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGIN AND TREATMENT OF LOCAL DISEASES; AND ON ANEURISMS. ON DISEASES RESEMBLING SYPHILIS; AND ON DISEASES OF THE URETHRA. Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson; Fry and Kammerer, Printer, 1811. Offered with: SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE INJURIES OF THE HEAD; AND ON MISCELLANEOUS..... More
1820. ACCUM, Fredrick. TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS EXHIBITING THE FRAUDULENT SOPHISTICATIONS OF BREAD, BEER, WINE SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, TEA, COFFEE, CREAM CONFECTIONERY, VINEGAR, MUSTARD, PEPPER, CHEESE, OLIVE OIL, PICKLES, AND OTHER ARTICLES EMPLOYED IN DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND METHODS OF DETECTING THEM. Philadelphia: Ab'm Small, 1820. 143p. Small..... More
1732. ARBUTHNOT, John. AN ESSAY CONCERNING THE NATURE OF ALIMENTS, AND THE CHOICE OF THEM, ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS OF HUMAN BODIES. IN WHICH THE DIFFERENT EFFECTS, ADVANTAGES, AND DISADVANTAGES OF ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE DIETS, ARE EXPLAIN'D...TO WHICH ARE ADDED, PRACTICAL RULES OF DIET IN THE VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONS AND..... More
1879. AYRTON, M. Chaplin. CHILD-LIFE IN JAPAN, AND JAPANESE CHILD-STORIES. London: Griffith and Farran, 1879. First edition. "With many illustrations, including seven full-page pictures drawn and engraved by Japanese artists." xiv,[6],125 pp., + [2],16 pp. adv. Small quarto. 25 x 19 cm. (9 3/4 by 7 1/2 in.) Disbound: publisher's..... More
1817. THE FIRST BOTANICAL WORK PUBLISHED IN AMERICA BIGELOW, Jacob. AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, BEING A COLLECTION OF THE NATIVE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES, CONTAINING THEIR BOTANICAL, HISTORY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, AND PRPOERTIES AND USES IN MEDICINE, DIET AND THE ARTS, WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1817[-1820]..... More
1884. [MEDICINE]. THE CHEMISTS' AND DRUGGISTS' DIARY, 1884. London: The Offices of "The Chemist and Druggist," 1884. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of advertisements. Quarto. 290 pp. Publisher's black cloth binding with gilt lettering and blind-stamping. Ink ownership of Samuel A. D. Sheppard on ffep. This daily calendar for the year..... 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
1891. [Crepe Paper Book] THE RAT'S PLAINT. Tokyo: Published by T. Hasegawa, 10, Hiyoshi-cho, Meiji 24 [1891]. An oblong volume, 15.5 x 18.9 cm, bound with two ribbon ties. [32] pp., including covers. This color woodblock-printed fairy tale out of China, translated by Archibald Little, is one of the scarcer..... More
1887. [CREPE PAPER BOOKS] Kate James. Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No.14 THE PRINCES FIRE-FLASH AND FIRE-FADE T.Hasegawa: #2 Minami Saegi-chô Tokyo, Meiji 20 [1887], Early printing. Small format, 15 x 9.8 cm, creped paper fairy tale, trimmed all around. A bit of damage to the foredge and the front cover..... 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
1908. [DESIGN] Furuya KÔRIN. KÔGEI NO BI. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 41 [1908]. 3 vols. Folding orihon albums, 32 X 22.5 cm, in paper over boards with integral printed title labels. The first printing of this set, as here, is very scarce and quite delightful - the 75 large double page..... More
1899. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHÛ, artist. CHÛGAKU EDEHON Dai Ni. Tôkyô, Kinkôdô Shoseki, Meiji 32 [1899]. 2nd printing (originally published in 1895). Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.2 x 25.5 cm. This second volume of the series A DRAWING MANUAL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL originally contained 10 sheets of sumi woodcut reproducing pencil..... More
770. [EARLY PRINTING]. HYAKUMANTÔ DARANI. Turned wooden pagoda shaped container and printed Dharani Buddhist charm placed inside. The pagoda is about 21.0 cm tall and the circular base has a diameter of about 10.3 cm. The printed charm in the Hyakumantô [One Million Pagodas] was part of a devotional project..... More
1789. [EHON - HORSES] Hirasawa Kyokuzan & Suzuki Fuyô, artist. KAYÔ HISÔ 2vols. Edo, Suharaya Mohei, Kansei 1 [1789]. Ôhon, string-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 26.0 x 18.5 cm. 2 vols. Original title labels, original covers. Wonderful pictorial treatise on horses, handcolored images of horses in all their habits. Considered an important..... More
1807. [EHON] Kawamura BUMPÔ, artist. BUMPÔ GAFU Zen. Osaka & Kyoto: Yanagihara Kihi and Yoshida Shimbei, Zodiacally dated Bunka 4 [1807]. 31 sheets, 30 double page illustrations, most with light colors. Original blue-grey covers with octagon design, bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, with a printed paper title label. 26.0 x 18.0..... More
19. [EHON] Taniguchi Gesso, artist. HAIKAI HYAKU GASAN 2 vols. 26.6 x 19.5 cm. Ribbon-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, Decorated paper covers, printed paper title labels. Nicely printed in sumi and colors,after designs by Gesso (1774-1865) with 100 lovely little Shijo style vignettes as counterpoint to a series of haikai and 3..... More
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1826. FINLEY, Anthony. [MAP], MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT. [From A NEW ATLAS DESIGNED PRINCIPALLYTO ILLUSTRATE THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA...Philadelphia: A. Finley. 1826.] Engraved hand-colored map, 19"x 24". Drawn by D.H. Vance and engraved by J.H. Young. Lightly soiled with faint off-setting. Center seam split..... More
1900. HEDIN, Svedin. TRANS-HIMALAYA: DISCOVERIES AND ADVENTURES IN TIBET 3 VOLS. London: Macmillan and Co., 1910, 1913. 8VO. 3 volumes. 436pp., 441pp., 426pp. profusely illustrated. Red cloth, stamped in gilt to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Spines on Vol I & II slightly sunned, cloth lightly worn. A few..... More
1917. [JAPANESE TOYS] TAKEDA Shin'ichi. NIHON GANGU-SHÛ. Kyoto, Unsodo, Taisho 6 [1917]. 25 x 18 cm. 3 vols. The first two plate volumes have patterned paper over board covers, printed paper title labels. Bound orihon folding album style. There are eight pages of prefatory material followed by 74 color woodblock-printed..... More
1937. MILLAY, Edna St. Vincent. CONVERSATION AT MIDNIGHT. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1937. First edition. Signed by Millay on front flyleaf. 126 pp. 8vo., half black cloth with blue paper covered boards, paper spine label. Book very good, minor shelfwear to corners, spine label slightly spotted. Residue..... More
1887. MILLSPAUGH, Charles F. MILLSPAUGH, Charles F. AMERICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS; AN ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE TO THE AMERICAN PLANTS USED AS HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES; THEIR HISTORY, PREPARATION, CHEMSITRY, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. VOLS. I & II. New York and Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1887. First edition. xv, [3], 109 entries (paginated separately..... More
1694. MORTON, Richard. PYRETOLOGIAS, PARS ALTERA: SIVE, EXERCITATIO DE FEBRIBUS INFLAMMATORIIS UNIVERSALIBUS. London: Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, 1694. First edition. Ex-library with usual markings. Octavo. [48] + 511 + [1] + [16] pp. Index. This copy is offered as is: Worn and scuffed brown panelled calf boards are detached..... More
1965. OHWI, Jisaburo. FLORA OF JAPAN (IN ENGLISH). A combined, much revised, and extended translation by the author of his [Nihon shokubutsushi] FLORA OF JAPAN (1953) and [Nihon shokubutsushi Shida hen] FLORA OF JAPAN--PTERIDOPHYTA (1957). Edited by Frederick G. Meyer and Egbert H. Walker. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1965. Illustrated..... More
1926. Okada Tatsuo 岡田竜夫(Author and illustrator). Aozameta Dōteikyō 蒼ざめた童貞狂. Author and illustrator Okada Tatsuo 岡田竜夫 Taisho 15 大正15 [1926]. The title of this important work is usually translated as “The Pale-Faced Virgin’s Mad Thoughts.” Published by Choryusha of Tokyo in 1926, it is illustrated throughout with black and white linocuts..... More