1888. AGASSIZ, Alexander. THREE CRUISES OF THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY STEAMER "BLAKE" in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States, From 1877 to 1880. Two volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1888. xxii +..... More
19. ALDRICH, Thomas Bailey. [PROSE WORKS]. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, v.d. (1901-1913). Complete in seven octavo volumes. Frontispiece portrait in vols. 1 & 7. Publisher's binding of green ribbed cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine, t.e.g.; uncut and unopened. A fine and fresh set in age-browned, spine-sunned..... More
1739. BANYER, Henry. PHARMACOPOEIA PAUPERUM: OR, THE HOSPITAL DISPENSATORY: containing the chief Medicines now used in the Hospitals of London; with Suitable Instructions for their Common Use. London, T. Longman, 1739. Fourth edition, much enlarged. ix, 167, [1] pp. 12mo., in an old, full calf binding that is quite dry..... More
1905. BARBOUTAU, Pierre. BIOGRAPHIES DES ARTISTES JAPONAIS DONT LES OEUVRES FIGURENT DANS LA COLLECTION PIERRE BARBOUTAU, 2 volumes. Amsterdam: R. W. P. de Vries, 1905. Limited edition, no. 19 of 1000 copies. Volume I: Peintures; Volume II: Estampes et Objets d'Art. Folio, quarter green cloth with green and beige floral..... More
1907. [Crepe Paper Book] Kimura Shotaro & Peake, Charlotte M. A., translators. SWORD AND BLOSSOM POEMS FROM THE JAPANESE. Volumes I II III. Tokyo, 38 Yotsuya Hommura: T. Hasegawa, Meiji 41 [1908] Printed by Kaneko Tokujiro. 18.1 x 12.3 cm. Volume one is a second printing from 1909 after the..... 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
1903. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHÛ, artist. JIZAIGA KYÔKASHO Dai Yonpen. Tôkyô, Kinkôdô Shoseki, Meiji 36 [1903]. 1st printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.6 x 26.5 cm. This fourth volume of the series A TEXTBOOK OF FREE SKETCHING contains 10 sheets of sumi woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chû and meant..... More
18. [EHON] TOKYO RAKUJI. n.p., n.d. [Tokyo, c. 1869] 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". As per the copies catalogued in Mitchell, p.532, our copy appears to be bound similarly and without a printed title slip. Illustrated in b+w woodcut by various artists. Very good printing and condition. Interesting view of..... More
1810. [EHON] Fujiwara Masaomi, author; Kita Busei, artist. KASEN KASHÔ. n.p., preface dated Bunka 7 [1810]. 19.7 X 29.3 cm., string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji, original covers with original printed title label. See Ryerson 396 for a defective copy. Our copy is complete with 3 preliminary sheets and 20 sheets of..... More
1803. [EHON] I-Fukyu & Ike no Taiga. I-FUKYU IKE NO TAIGA GAFU. 2 volumes. Kyoto & Edo: Maruya Gempachiro & Suharaya Mohei. Kyowa 3 [1803]. 27.2 x 18.2 cm. Blue paper covers, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. A bit of one original printed paper title label remains. Follows the copy at Mitchell..... 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
1832. [EHON] Ôishi Matora, artist. SÔGA HYAKUBUTSU. 2 vols. 22.4 x 16 cm, String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. In original blue and white patterned covers, printed paper title label. Osaka: Bunkaido, Tsurugaya Kuhei, Tempo 3 [1832]. [Brown, p.110; Ryerson, 391] The Mitchell copy at p.496 was bound in two volumes, as is..... More
1910. [EHON] Takeuchi Seiho, artist. SEIHÔ-GA HAKU HITSU JÛNISHI JO. n.p., n.p., n.d. [Kyoto & Tokyo: Yamada Unsodo, c. 1910-1912] 37.4 x 25.5 cm Orihon folding album of 12 full page color woodblocks. In stiff paper over board covers with a printed paper title label. A clean copy in which..... More
1913. [EHON] UNSÔDÔ, Publisher. Kinsei Meika SANSUI GAFU Kôhen. Kyoto: Taishô 2 [1913]. 24.1 x 32.2 cm, Oblong tassel-bound paper covers. 12 fullpage color woodblock prints of master landscape paintings. Very good. More
1913. [EHON] UNSÔDÔ, Publisher. KYÔTO MEISHO GAFU Kôhen. Kyoto: Taishô 2 [1913]. 24.1 x 32.2 cm, Oblong tassel-bound paper covers. 12 fullpage color woodblock prints of famous scenic spots in Kyoto. Very good. More
1938. EA. HANDFORTH, Thomas. MEI LI. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1938. First edition. Illustrated from drawings. Not paginated. 4to., red cloth printed in gilt in Chinese characters to upper board and in English to spine. A fine copy in a somewhat worn dust jacket with a few nicks..... More
18. [HANGING SCROLL] Watanabe Seitei, artist. SCROLL OF A SPARROW IN FLIGHT. Signed and sealed by Watanabe Seitei (1851 - 1918). After studying under Kikuchi Yo^sai and Shibata Zeshin in his youth, he traveled to Europe in 1878. One of the early practitioners of the "Nihonga" style of Western-influenced traditional..... More
1827. Kawamura Kihô, artist. KIHÔ GAFU. Kyoto: Yoshida Shimbei, Bunsei 10 [1827]. 1 vol. (complete). 17.3 x 25.7 cm. 5 page prelims, 30 double page color woodblock prints, 1p final, 8pp ads, colophon. The covers are worn (probably not original). The contents are somewhat soiled and stained. Good impressions, contemporary..... More
1727. LEMERY, Nicolas. DICTIONAIRE OU TRAITE UNIVERSEL DES DROGUES SIMPLES. Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout, 1727. Quarto. [xx], 590, [58] pp. + 25 ff. Fourth edition, with corrections and many additions by the author. Contains twelve large folding plates, each with 16 individual engravings of plants, corals, and a little hippo. Nicolas..... More
1912. BRADY, Mathew B. LOSSING, Benson J. A HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-65 AND THE CAUSES THAT LED UP TO THE GREAT CONFLICT ... WITH FAC-SIMILE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS OF THE OFFICIAL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT THE TIME BY MATHEW B. BRADY. 16 VOLUMES. New York: The War Memorial Association..... More
HIS FATHER'S EULOGY LOWELL, Percival. AUGUSTUS LOWELL. [n.p, n.p., n.d. ca. 1890s] Offprint from the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. XXXVII. 20 pp. 8vo., green wrappers printed in black. Offprint. Inscribed "Compliments of the writer" in ink at top left corner of front wrapper. Wrappers..... More
1857. [MILITARY] NAKANISHI Ki-ichirô, author. SEIYÔ HEIGAKU KUNMO Zen. N.P., Ansei 4 [1857]. 25.8 x 18.2 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Printed paper title label, original off-white covers. Done in traditional kinmo-zui style with a page of 9 color printed images of militaria from the West, facing a page with a...... 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
1926. NAKAGAWA Kazumasa, artist. NAKAGAWA KAZUMASA GASHÛ. Tôkyô, Atorie-sha. Taishô 15 [1926]. Large decorated cloth 8vo, western-bound. Many color reproductions of Nakagawa's Western--style oil paintings, as well as textual cuts. Very good overall, in the original slipcase. More
1960. Okamura Kichiemon 岡村吉右衛門. Date Moniwa no Shinada 伊達茂庭之榀布. N.p. Shōwa 35 [1960]. 30.4 x 20.8 cm. One of 200 copies, signed by Okamura. Title sometimes read, "Date Moniwa no Shinanuno." Tipped-in fabric sample approx 17 x 9.5cm. The work, printed in stencil in color on handmade paper is string-bound..... More