[AMERICANA - 19th CENTURY EPHEMERA] AMERICAN COW MILKER MACHINE POSTER, ORIGINAL. Buffalo, NY: Express Printing Company for the American Cow Milking Machine Co. [n.d. ca. 1865]. 42 x 26 3/4 inches. Woodblock printing: Boldest typeface measures 10 inches tall. L. O. Colvin's "American Cow Milker" was patented in 1860 as... More
1907. BOSTON TRAVELER COMPANY. BAY STATE NOTABLES IN CARTOON. Being a series of cartoons of leading Massachusetts men published in The Boston Traveler and gathered together in this form as a permanent souvenir. Published by the Boston Traveler Company, January, 1907. 102 engraved caricatures of prominent Massachusetts politicians and businessmen... More
1840. [CAPE COD]. CAPE COD CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT BARNSTABLE, SEPT. 3, 1839, OF THE INCORPORATION OF THAT TOWN, SEPT. 3., 1639. Giving a full detail of the preliminary proceedings of the committees, and the speeches and toasts at the dinner. Correctly reported and revised. Barnstable: S. B. Phinney, 1840. 92... More
1853. [CHILDREN'S] HOLLY BERRIES: OR, THE PLEASURES OF HOME AND THE COUNTRY. New Stories for the Winter and Summer Holidays of Little People. Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 1853. 168 pp. 12mo., brown ribbed cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Near fine, cloth and gilt cover lettering bright. Spine lettering slightly... More
1865. EDGE, Frederick Milnes. MAJOR GENERAL MCCLELLAN AND THE CAMPAIGN OF THE YORKTOWN PENINSULA. With a map of the peninsula drawn expressly for this work by James Wyld, geographer to the Queen. London: Trubner & Co., 1865. First edition. Octavo. iv,203 pp. Maroon cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine, brown coated... More
18. [EHON] HOKKEI/HOKUSAI. DÔCHÛ GAFU 2 vols. Nagoya: Eirakuya Tôshiro, n.d. [c.1865-70]. String-bound, Japanese style, in orange covers embossed with the Eirakuya design and a printed paper title label, 22.7 x 16.2 cm., together in a clasped chitsu case. A very pleasant copy, printed in light colors, of an interesting... More
1912. [EHON] Katsushika HOKUSAI. Denshin Kaishu IPPITSU GAFU Zen. Kyoto: Unsodo. Meiji 45 [1912] 23.5 x 16.0 cm. String-bound Japanese-style, buff paper covers with firm's pattern, printed paper title label. Originally published in the 1820's, this copy was issued after Unsodo obtained the plates and right of publication, presumably from... More
1824. [EHON] Kawamura Kihô, artist. KIHÔ GAFU. Kyoto: Yoshida Shimbei, Bunsei 7, [1824]. 1 volume, complete. 5 pp. prelims., 30 double-page color woodblock prints, 1 p. final, [pseudo]-colophon. The covers are green with a blind-stamped vegetal pattern, with a title label printed in brown on buff paper. 17.8 x 25.1... More
1886. [EHON] Nishiyama KAN'EI, artist. KAN'EI GAFU. Osaka: Maekawa Zenbei, Meiji 19 [1886]. 28.6 x 18.3 cm. Orihon in brocade covers with 25 double-page color woodcut prints of birds, flowers, etc. Wonderfully well printed, an early impression, with the brocade covered boards and printed title label. See Mitchell 334. Complete:. More
1785. [EHON] OKA Genpo^, editor. Tachibana Kunio, artist. MO^SHI HINBUTSU GAKO^. 7 kan in 3 volumes. Edo, Naniwa, Heian, Temmei 5 [1785]. 26.3 x 18.7 cm. Stering-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original blindstamped blue paper covers, no title labels. Slight worming, else very good in very good impression. Lovely set of b+w... More
[EHON] Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828) O^SON GAFU, N.P., N.D. one volume, replaced white covers, no colophon. The preface is complete but out of order. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 25.5 x 18.0. A landmark of Rimpa school ehon. For more on this book see Mitchell p.443, Hillier pp.661-665. Probably not a copy of... More
1907. [EHON] SHIBATA ZESHIN, artist. Zeshin Iboku TAIRYU^KYO GAFU. 25.7 x 18.2 cm. To^kyo^, Meiji 40 [1907]. Folding orihon album, in the original covers with a printed paper title label. 12 double page color woodblock prints based on designs by Zeshin, the noted painter and lacquer artist, who had died... More
187. [EHON] Tatebayashi KAGEI. KÔRIN MANGA, Zen. [NAGOYA], Tôhekidô [Eirakuya Tôshiro]. 22.8 x 15.8 cm. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Sumi, b+w woodblock illustrations throughout, in the spirit of Ôgata Kôrin. This modest but lovely Rimpa work first appeared in 1817. This is a reprint, done by the house of Tôhekidô, with... More
1935. [EXHIBITION CATALOGUE] Asahi Shinbunsha. Shu^kan Asahi Rinjiso^kan NIKA GASHU^. O^saka. Sho^wa 10 [1935]. Folio, color-printed paper wrappers, 38.1 x 26.3cm. Profusely illustrated with b+w photo illustrations of art exhibited in the 22nd annual Nikakai exhibition in 1935. Very slight edgewear, very good overall. An interesting resource on this important... More
1923. "FIRST AND ONLY EDITION" GISSING, George. AN HEIRESS ON CONDITION. Philadelphia: Privately Printed for the Pennell Club, 1923. First Edition. #25 of 48 numbered copies. 4to. 33pp. Blue-gray paper-covered boards backed with blue cloth. Lettered in gilt to spine. Vignette title page by Joseph Pennell. Minimal wear to cloth... More
1730. SENEX. GORDON, Pat. GEOGRAPHY ANATOMIZ'D: OR, THE GEOGRAPHICAL GRAMMAR. BEING A SHORT AND EXACT ANALYSIS OF THE WHOLE BODY OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY ... London: Printed for J. and J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, B. Sprint, J. Osborn and T. Longman, J. Brotherton, R. Ford, A. Ward... More
1785. HANCARVILLE, Pierre Francois Hugues, called d', & Francois-Anne DAVID. ANTIQUITES ETRUSQUES,GRECQUES ET ROMAINES. Gravees par F. A. David. Avec leurs explications; par d'Hancarville. Paris: Chez l'Auteur, [M. David,] rue des Cordeliers, au coin de celle de l'Obsrvance, 1785[-1788]. First French edition and the second edition, but in a smaller... More
1856. HAWKS, Francis L. NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON TO THE CHINA SEA AND JAPAN, PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1852,1853 AND 1854 UNDER THE COMMAND OF COMMODORE M.C. PERRY, UNITED STATES NAVY, BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 3 VOLS. Washington: Berverley Tucker, Senate... More
1828. [HENSHAW, David] OBSERVATIONS OCCASIONED BY THE REMARKS, ON THE CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, PUBLISHED IN THE CHRISTIAN EXAMINER, VOL. IV. NO. V. BY A CITIZEN OF BOSTON. Boston: True and Greene, 1828. Inscribed by D. Henshaw on title page. 56 pp. + errata slip tipped in. [bound together with]... More
1860. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE; with the Story of Iris. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1860. First trade edition. 8vo. [4],410 pp. Original brown diapered cloth. Inner front hinge is starting, contemporary bookplate, else a fine copy with just a hint of rubbing housed in a.... More
1830. HOOKER, William Jackson. BOTANICAL MISCELLANY: Containing figures and descriptions of such plants as recommend themselves by their novelty, rarity, or history, or by the uses to which they are applied in the arts, in medicine, and in domestic oeconomy; together with occasional botanical notices and information, VOL. I[-III]. London... More
[JAPANESE POSTER] Victor Records. Kabukigeki SHINSARAYASHIKI. 79 X 36 cm. Prewar poster advertising a recording of a modern Kabuki play, the "(new) Plate Mansion" the cast of which included Okami Kikugoro. The image is of the missing and broken) plate alluded to in the title. Very good condition with a.... More
1994. [JAPANESE PRINTS -- BAUR FOUNDATION ]. FORRER, Matthi. THE BAUR COLLECTION, GENEVA: JAPANESE PRINTS. Geneve: Collections Baur, (1994). Two volumes, complete unto themselves, but also volumes X and XI of the descriptive catalogue of the Baur Foundation collections. From a total edition limited to 3100 copies, this is number... More
SEKKA Kamisaka. [KAKEMONO - HANGING SCROLL] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. "YAMAGA YÛKEIZU" PAINTING ON THE THEME OF A MOUNTAIN COTTAGE AT EVENING. Hanging scroll, image size 120 X 37.5 cm. Beautifully mounted on brocade with dark wooden jiku. The painting is signed and sealed by Sekka (1866-1942), the foremost master of... More
1903. MASSACHUSETTS, Commonwealth of. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CHARLES RIVER DAM appointed under Resolves of 1901, Chapter 105, to consider advisability and feasibility of building a dam across the Charles River at or near Cragie Bridge. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 18 Post Office Square. 1903... More