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... More
1854. ANDREWS, L[orrin]. GRAMMAR OF THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Honolulu: Printed at the Mission Press, 1854. [2],156 pp. 8vo., side-sewn, brown cloth back with flexible textured-paper sides. Ink ownership at ffep. This copy is without the folding table, which was apparently not issued in all copies. Leaves are increasingly browned within... More
1951. BEANS, George H. A LIST OF JAPANESE MAPS OF THE TOKUGAWA ERA. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library, 1951. 1/150 copies. Offered with SUPPLEMENT A. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library, 1955. 1/100 copies. And, SUPPLEMENT B. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library, 1958. 1/100 copies. And, SUPPLEMENT C. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library, 1963. 1/100... More
1963. BIGOT, George. KEIKAN NO TABÔ. Kawasaki, Shinjû-sha. Shôwa 38 [1963] #51. Bound western-style in printed boards. Reproduces in a small volume (10.8 x 7.0 cm) the wonderful humorous lithographs from the Meiji period in his folio sized policeman's diary, entitled LA JOURNEE D'UN POLICEMAN A TOKIO. All 27 prints... More
1962. [CHINESE BIBLIOGRAPHY] YAMAMOTO SHOTEN, publisher. MINDAI SASHIZUHON ZUROKU Naikaku Bunko Shozô Tanpen Shosetsu no Bu. Tokyo, Shôwa 37 [1962]. 26.5 x 19.3 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, printed paper title label. A useful guide, using facsimile reproductions of pages from Ming Dynasty illustrated short story collections in the Japanese government... More
1847. CLARK, Joseph G. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF SAILOR LIFE, AS EXEMPLIFIED IN FIFTEEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING THE MORE THRILLING EVENTS OF THE U.S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION, AND REMINISCENCES OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE ON THE "MOUNTAIN WAVE". Boston: John Putnam, 1847. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 324. Red cloth, blindstamped front and... More
1872. CLAVERS, Mary. NEW HOME IN THE WEST; Or, Glimpses of Life Among the Early Settlers. New York: James Miller, 1872. Frontispiece. Small 8vo., red cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine and front board. Ex-library; all usual markings. Newspaper review clip mounted to fly-leaf. Some lean to spine; spine is sunned... More
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18. [EHON] Ichiyôsai Toyokuni. TOYOKUNI TOSHIDAMA HITSU [FUDE?] Owari [Nagoya], Minoya Iroku & Minoya Bunjirô. n.d. [1830's or 40's?] Dark grey-green covers, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. Printed paper title label. This book may be found described bibliographically in Forrer's EIRAKUYA TOSHIRO at pp.243-4. Our copy differs a bit from the..... More
1907. [EHON] Asai Chû, artist. TÔSEI FUZOKÛ GOJÛ-BAN UTA-AWASE. [Modern Customs in a Comparison of 50 Pairs of Poems]. Tokyo: Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 40 [1907] 2 vols., 24.7 x 18.4 cm. 50 pairs of caricatures, with accompanying poems, all in color woodcut. This is a copy of the first edition... More
19. [EHON] Kawamura BUMPÔ, artist. BUMPÔ GAFU Sampen. Osaka & Kyoto: Kawachiya Kihei & Yoshida Shimbei, Bunka 10 [1813]. (Replaced?) blue-green covers, no title label, bound Japanese-style fukuro toji. 25.8 x 17.7 cm. 1 preliminary and 35 paginated sheets, 4 sheets of Yoshida Shimbei ads. Illustrations with light colors. The... More
1813. [EHON] Keisai Masayoshi. SÔKA RYAKUGASHIKI. Toto: Suharaya Ichibei et al, Bunka 10 [1813]. 27.3 x 18.2 cm Original covers, printed title label. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. Perhaps the finest and most unusual of all the "ryakugashiki". Hardly ever found in good impression, because of the demanding nature of the... More
18. [EHON] KEISAI Masayoshi, artist. CHÔJU RYAKUGASHIKI. Edo, Kyoto, Nagoya & Osaka. Originally published in Edo by Suharaya Ichibei in 1797, this more darkly colored undated version may well be from the mid-19th century. The undated rear inside cover pseudo-colophon lists 10 bookshops as sales agents, 4 in Edo, 3... More
19. [EHON] Keisai Masayoshi, artist. SÔKA RYAKUGA-SHIKI. Kyoto, Unsodo, N.D., with original Bunka colophon, but this is undoubtedly a 20th century reprint in color woodblock, (from the original blocks?) 1 volume, complete. Plain brown covers, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji, with the printed title label. 25.1 X 17.9 cm. The... More
1895. [EHON] Morikawa SÔBUN, artist. MIYAKO MEISHO NIJÛGO-KEI. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei, Meiji 28 [1895]. Orihon in stiff covers with a printed title label, 24.1 x 15.7 cm. 25 double page color woodblock images of scenes in and around Kyoto. Besides the 25 images, there is a two page preface, two... More
1815. [EHON] Niwa KAGEN, artist. FUKUZENSAI GAFU 5 volumes. Tall, slender orihon folding volumes in original brownish yellow covers, with original printed title labels. 26.6 x 14.6 cm. There are a total of 40 delicately printed color double-page woodblock prints. See Mitchell at pp. 255-6. The FUKUZENSAI GAFU is an... More
1912. [EHON] Ôta Saburô, artist. ASA GIRI Tokyo, Meiji 45 [1912]. 2 volumes, string-bound Japanese style, 19.1 x 13 cm. Each volume contains 35 color prints with a facing page of text. The prints appear to be a hybrid of lithography and color woodcut. [See Hillier's discussion of the book... More
1812. [EHON] Tani BUNCHÔ, artist. NIHON MEISAN ZUE 3 vols. Edo, [n.d, after 1812]. 26.3 x 18.7 cm. String-bound, fukuro-toji, original printed paper title labels, original blindstamped, mountain-patterned covers. B+W woodblock depictions of the "Famous Mountains of Japan." A work justly famed for its accurate representation of the mountains in... More
1766. [EHON] Tsukioka Settei (1710-86). ONNA BUYÛ YOSO-OI KURABE. Edo: Suharaya Mohei & Osaka: Onogi Ichibei, Meiwa 3 [1766]. Three volumes, string-bound Japanese-style in worn original covers with brushed titles. 26.8x18 cm. Complete. This copy bears the alternative title: EHON SAGASHIGUSA. Settei here signs himself Tsukioka Masanobu. One of the... More
1801. [EHON] Utagawa TOYOKUNI I. Yôbô Shashin HAIYÛ SANKAI-KYÔ. Edo, Nishimiya Shinroku, Yorozuya Tajiemon, Kansei 13 [1801]. 21.6 x 15.2 cm., hanshibon, string-bound, fukuro-toji. With the original blind-stamped covers. The printed title labels is soiled but present on volume one and nearly gone from volume two. It has the title... More
1964. Gotō Seikichirō 後藤清吉郎. Kami no Tabi 紙の旅.Showa 39 [1964]. Tokyo. Bijutsu Shuppansha.Large oblong folio in washi covers, 33.5 x 44.3 cm. #261 of 300cc. Illustrated beautifully in katazome throughout. The illustrations as well as the text are by Gotō, a fine artist as well as one of the most... 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
1862. HENNIG, [Ernst]. HENNIG'S COMMENTAR UND WORTERBUCH ZU ALLEN PHARMACOPOEN. Ein unentbehrliches Hulfsbuch fur Aerzte und Apotheker, sowie fur Studirende der Medicin und Pharmacie zum richtigen Verstandniss jeder Landes-Pharmacopoe. Dresden: H. Klemm, [1862]. Third edition. Illustrated with 7 steel engraved plates, most depict various crystalline structures. The frontispiece has a.... More
1883. Inoue Gensuke 井上源助 . Omoto Chasei Chūkei 万年青写生注解. n.p.: Meiji 16 [1883]. 2 volumes, Vol 1 17 x 12cm and Vol 2 17.5 x 12cm, bound western style with green paper wrappers and red printed title slips and enclosed in a modern green chitsu 18 x 13cm. Volume 1... More
1939. [JAPANESE MAGAZINE] Tôyô Bunka Kyôkai, publishe. GAHÔ YAKUSHIN NO NIPPON THE ADVANCE IN JAPAN. Tokyo, Showa 14 [July, 1939]. Volume 4, #7. Printed illustrated wrappers, 32.5 x 24 cm. A photo magazine illustrated in color and b+w, captioned extensively in Japanese throughout, with more substantial articles, as well. Important... More