1896. [ATLAS]. ATLAS OF THE CITY OF CHELSEA AND THE TOWNS OF REVERE & WINTHROP MASS. Philadelphia: G. W. Bromley and Co., 1896. Folio, 22.5". Contains street index, outline and index map and 22 double-page maps measuring 22.5" by 32". Maps have only minor soiling to margins and occasional pencil..... More
1959. BEZACIER, Louis. RELEVES DE MONUMENTS ANCIENS DU NORD VIET-NAM: PUBLICATIONS DE L'ECOLE FRANCAISE D'EXTREME-ORIENT, COLLECTION DE TEXTES ET DOCUMENTS, VOLUME VI. Paris: Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 1959. XVI pp. booklet, folio, paper wrappers printed in black, followed by 85 b/w plates of various sizes, many folding. More
2006. JENSEN, Per Bak. BOGH, Mikkel, ed. PER BAK JENSEN: THE UNSEEN IMAGE. Klampenborg: Bjerggaard, 2006. 351 + [1] pp. Oblong 4to., black cloth stamped in white. About 48 pp. bumped at bottom corner, not affecting text, slightly affecting a few images. In very good color pictorial dust jacketwith a...... 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
1934. [DESIGN BOOK] Yoshida Gyokujô, compiler. TANSAI GAFU. Kyoto, Happpôdô, Shôwa 9 [1934]. 2 vols., complete. Tall folios, 36.7 x 25.4 cm, orihon folded album in woodcut printed paper over board covers with printed paper title labels. There are 25 total full page color woodblock prints. Interesting style, mixing flat..... More
1937. [DESIGN MAGAZINE]. TEIKOKU KÔGEI Vol.11, #12. Tokyo, Showa 12 [1937]. 25.7 x 19 cm. Decorated wrappers. Interesting articles on contenporary art and design.... furniture, fashion, kitchenware, graphics, etc., etc. The dominant sensibility is Deco throughout. Illustrated with halftone photo plates. Very good. More
1877. DUTT, Udoy Chand. THE MATERIA MEDICA OF THE HINDUS COMPILED FROM SANSKRIT MEDICAL WORKS, WITH A GLOSSARY OF INDIAN PLANTS. Clacutta, Thacer, Spink & Co., 1877. 354 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth, blindstamped front and back. Spine repaired with cloth tape. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Bookplate to ffep, library..... More
1880. [EHON] KANGA SÔGAKU. Osaka, Maekawa Zembei, Meiji 13 [1880]. 4 volumes. String-bound fukuro-toji style, without the printed paper labels. Each volume is 12.1 x 19.7 cm. A "QUICK STUDY" [SÔGAKU] guide to "CHINESE-STYLE PAINTING" [KANGA] with woodcut illustrations and text in Japanese and Kambun Chinese. Our copy resembles the..... More
[EHON] Ôoka Shumboku, artist. MINCHÔ SHIKEN. n.p., n.d., 3 vols., 27.6 x 17.7 cm., string-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji. Yellow paper covers with printed paper title labels. A reprint of the rare MINCHÔ SEIDO GAEN of 1746. This edition does not have its colophon, but is almost certainly later than the..... 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
1903. [EHON] Kikuchi HÔBUN, artist. HÔBUN GAFU. Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, Meiji 36 [1903].Tanaka Jihei, Meiji 23 [1890]. 24.3 x 16.6 cm. 1 volume complete. Black covers, string-bound Japanese style with a printed paper label. 27 single-page and 12 double-page woodcuts in sumi and light colors of birds, animals, flowers, etc...... More
1910. [EHON] Nakamura Fusetsu, artist. FUSETSU HAIGA. Tokyo: Kôkadô, Meiji 43 [1910]. 2 volumes, 27.9 x 16.4 cm., Green paper covers with printed paper labels, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji. In a modern clasped chitsu case. This is the "saihan" printing of April 1910, the same month as the first printing..... More
19. FLORENZ, Dr. Karl. JAPANISCHE MYTHOLOGIE. NIHONGI. "ZEITALTER DER GOTTER" Tokyo: Hobunsha, 1901. 8vo. IX, 341pp + Plates. In wrappers, published as "SUPPLEMENT Der 'Mittheilungen' Der Deutschen Gesellschaft Fuer Natur- Und Voelkerkunde Ostasiens." A translation of the first two books of the Nihongi and related texts into German by Florenz..... More
1794. FREEMAN, Samuel. THE TOWN OFFICER: OR THE POWER AND DUTY OF SELECTMEN... AND OTHER TOWN OFFICERS. As contained in the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. With a Variety of Forms, for the Use of such Officers. To which are added, the Power and Duty of Towns, Parishes and..... More
1944. [FURNITURE] Kenmochi Isamu. Kenchiku Shinsho 9 KIKAKU KAGU. Tokyo, Showa 19 [1944] 2nd printing after the first of 1943. 12mo., bound Western style in illustrated boards, heavily illustrated with photos. THE STANDARDS OF FURNITURE was an important work, as is evidenced by its reprinting in the closing days of..... More
1767. GOOCH, Benjamin. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON WOUNDS AND OTHER CHIRURGICAL SUBJECTS; to which is prefixed a short Historical Account of the rise and progress of Surgery and Anatomy, addressed to Young Surgeons, Volume I, and CASES AND PRACTICAL REMARKS ON SURGERY, with sketches of Machines, simple in their construction..... More
1809. GRANT, [Anne] Mrs.. MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN LADY: with sketches of manners and scenery in America, as they existed previous to the revolution. New York: Printed for Samuel Campbell, by D. & G. Bruce, 1809. Same year as the two-volume first American edition published at Boston. viii,344 pp. 12mo...... More
1907. GRIFFIS, William E. THE JAPANESE NATION IN EVOLUTION. Steps in the Progress of a Great People. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1907. First edition, inscribed in the month of publication: "For the Rev. Isaac Jennings, with the best wishes of the author, Wm. Elliot Griffis. Ithaca, N.Y...... More
19. HAIKU] HAIMI TAIKAN. NAKAMURA FusetsU, ISHII Hakutei, et al. HAIMI TAIKAN. 34.6x 23.7 cm. The foremost proponents of the "haiku-style" (most associated with HOTOTOGISU magazine) in early 20th Century Japan have herein collaborated to create a multiple album of brushed original drawings, calligraphy and poems. Included are Fusetsu, Hakutei..... More
1739. [HAUTCHAMP, Barthelemy Marmont du]. HISTOIRE DU SYSTEME DES FINANCES SOUS LA MINORITE DE LOUIS XV pendant les annees 1719 & 1720, Precedee d'un Abrege de la Vie du Duc Regent, & du Sr. Law. The Hague, Pierre de Hondt, 1739. Six 12mo volumes in three. 204[2]312; [2]208,[4]286pp.+[1]ff; [xiv]294[xvii]246pp. Titles..... More
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1817. (HOKUSAI MANGA) Katsushika I-itsu [Denshin Kaishu] HOKUSAI MANGA San-pen. Edo: Kadomaruya, Bunka 14 [1817]. 22.6 x 16.0 cm. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original covers with replaced, brushed title label. Though Nagoya-based Eirakuya Toshiro editions of the MANGA are quite common, the Edo issues by Kadomaruya are quite unusual. In addition..... More
1936. [JAPANESE POSTER] Ôsaka Mainichi Shimbunsha. KAGAYAKU NIPPON DAIHAKURANKAI [THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF BRILLIANT JAPAN] & KAGAYAKU NIPPONHAKU Annaiki. The poster was printed by Osaka Seihan printing company in their patented high-quality "HB" process, which they used to reproduce the effect of color woodblock, etc. With an (unread) artist's seal..... More
1960. [KATAZOME] OKAMURA Kichiemon. NARADA NO TAFU. Shôwa 35 [1960]. String-bound Japanese-style, privately printed in 50 copies. 31.1 x 19.7 cm., Okamura (1916-2002) was a student of Serizawa Keisuke and embraced his interest in traditional Japanese folk arts, papermaking and stencil printing (katazome). This lovely monograph on Japanese bark-cloth from..... More
1935. KAWASAKI Kyosen. OMOCHA GAFU 10 vols. Ôsaka, Shôwa 7-10 [1932-5]. Each volume with printed paper title label, string-bound Japanese-style fukuro-toji. Complete set of this illustrated guide to Japanese playthings. Each 23.6 x 16.5 cm volume has 4 full page color woodblock-printed plates and one folding double-size woodblock print, hence..... More
1954. KITASONO Katue, poet. SUEMATSU Masaki, artist. MAHIRU NO REMON. Tôkyô, Shôshinsha, 1954. Folio, 32.0 x 24.5 cm. One of 30 deluxe copies (#9) of a total edition of 330 copies. Signed in bold calligraphy by Kitasono. Has 3 full page color prints by Suematsu Masaki (1908-97). An example of Kitasono's "plastic..... More