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
1881. [AGRICULTURE] Miyazaki Ryûjô. Kôeki NOKÔ ZENSHO 5 vols. Tokyo, n.d.[1881]. Bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original covers and title labels. 22.7 x 15.5 cm. An extensive guide to the practice of agriculture in the early modern era of Meiji Japan. Largely text, but illustrated throughout in woodcut, some of which in..... More
1904. [ASIAN ART - AUCTION CATALOGUE]. COLLECTION P. BARBOUTAU PEINTURES - ESTAMPES ET OBJETS D'ART DU JAPON, 2 VOLUMES IN 1. Paris: Chez S. Bing/Chez l'Auteur, 1904. var pp. Folio, half dark red morocco with raised bands, gilt spine lettering, rebacked; red pebbled cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Over 1,000..... More
1896. [ATLAS]. ATLAS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON VOLUME 6 WEST ROXBURY. Philadelphia: G. W. Bromley and Co., 1896. Second edition. Folio, 22.5". Contains street index, outline and index map and 30 double-page maps measuring 22.5" by 32". Maps have only minor soiling to margins and occasional pencil annotations (plates..... More
1880. BLAIR, David. BENTLEY, Robert and Henry Trimen. (illustrated by David Blair). MEDICINAL PLANTS BEING DESCRIPTIONS WITH ORIGINAL FIGURES OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANTS EMPLOYED IN MEDICINE AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE CHARACTERS, PROPERTIES, AND USES OF THEIR PARTS AND PRODUCTS OF MEDICINAL VALUE. 3 VOLS. (OF 4) London: J. &..... More
1727. Vertue, George. BROOME, William. POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. London: Bernard Lintot, 1727. Octavo. xiii(3)248pp. First edition. Fine frontispiece portrait engraved by George Vertue. Three pages of publisher's ads. Broome, a country clergyman, contributed the notes to Pope's Iliad (1715-20), and wrote eight of the 24 Books of "Pope's" translation..... More
1801. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED CHEVALIER, Thomas. AN INTRODUCTION TO A COURSE OF LECTURES ON THE OPERATIONS OF SURGERY. London: Printed for S. Bagster and sold also by J. Callow, 1801. [2] + 58 pp. + publisher's advertisement inside rear cover. 8vo., sewn wrappers printed in black. Ink inscription "From the..... More
1929. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 8, #15. Tokyo, December 1929. THE LAND OF CHILDREN was the finest kid's magazine of the prewar period in Japan. There were contributions in each heavily illustrated issue by some of the finest illustrators and writers of the time. Issues are..... More
1903. [DESIGN] Gotô Ryûkô. HANA NO NISHIKI #3. Kyoto: Unkindo, Meiji 36 [1903]. A single woodblock-printed sheet, approx. 36 X 50 cm., folded into printed covers, 25.2 x 17.8 cm. Unkindo, a short-lived but brilliant publisher, later merged into the Unsodo concern. A bit browned and edgeworn, it is number..... More
1899. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHÛ, artist. CHÛGAKU EDEHON Dai Ichi. Tôkyô, Kinkôdô Shoseki, Meiji 32 [1899]. 2nd printing (originally published in 1895). Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.2 x 25.5 cm. This first volume of the series A DRAWING MANUAL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL originally contained 10 sheets of sumi woodcut reproducing pencil..... More
1907. [EHON] Asai Chû, artist. TÔSEI FÛZOKU 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. Save some very slight worming, the overall condition..... 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
187. [EHON] Ôishi MATORA. HARIKAE ANDÔ [Owari: Eirakuya Toshiro, n.d. {c.1870s}] 22.7 x 15.7, fukuro toji, string-bound Japanese style. 23 sheets of colored woodblock illustrations, many double-page in format. A gappon, 2 volume in one edition of the SOGA HYAKUBUTSU, which originally appeared in 1832. Printed in color throughout, in..... 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
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1826. FINLEY, Anthony. [MAP], VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. [From A NEW AMERICAN ATLAS DESIGNED PRINCIPALLY TO 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 J.H. Young. includes inset map of the "Plan for Washington..... More
1885. FOURNIER, Alfred. LECONS SUR LA PERIODE PRAEATAXIQUE DU TABES D'ORIGINE SYPHILITIQUE. Paris: G. Masson, Editeur, 1885. [4],440,[3] pp. In French. 8vo., modern quarter green cloth with marbled paper sides; original blue wrappers bound in. Pencil ownership to original front wrapper. Uncut. Minor dust-soil to exterior bookblock only. Quite clean..... More
1890. A LOVELY TRIPLE-DECKER GISSING, George. THE EMANCIPATED. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1890. First Edition. 3 Vols. 8vo. Brown patterned paper covered boards backed with brown cloth. Stamped in gilt to spines. Blue-grey patterned endpapers. Slight rubbing to spine and extremes. Vol. II has..... More
1928. GRUELLE, Johnny. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN'S FAIRY STORIES. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. (1928). Unpaginated [89 + 1 pp. ad for Raggedy Ann series). 8vo., black cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Near fine, only light occasional finger soil and small abrasion to front cover near spine..... More
1829. HALL, Samuel R. LECTURES ON SCHOOL-KEEPING. Boston: Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1829. First edition. xi + 135 pp. + 12 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., one quarter leather and paper covered boards. Ex-library copy, bookplate and ink note on front pastedown and a barely noticeable label on the spine, ticket..... 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
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
1983. KANZAKI ONJUN, printmaker. SHOHYÔSHÛ KAZE. One of 15 house copies, signed by Kanzaki, printed after the distributed edition of 50 copies. So, #58 of 65, inscribed to Imamura Hidetarou. Shôwa 58 [1983]. 22 x 16 cm. With 15 tipped in katazome stencil printed bookplates. The orihon folding album is..... More
1986. [KATAZOME] KANZAKA Onjun. TOKI TO NINGYÔ TO. Horita Ryohei, n.p. [Osaka?], Showa 61 [1986]. 16.3 x 22.2 cm. Designed, printed and colored by Onjun in his katazome stencil medium. Number 49 of only 50 copies of this lovely book bound in orihon folding album style in stiff washi-covered boards..... More
1954. KITASONO Katue, poet. SUEMATSU Masaki, artist. MAHIRU NO REMON. Tôkyô, Shôshinsha, 1954. Small Folio, 27.2 x 18.7 cm. Out of series copy from the standard limited edition of 300 copies. There was also a large format special edition of 30cc. This example is distinguished by the fact that it is..... More
1826. KNOX, Reverend Vicesimus, and PERCIVAL, James G., eds. ELEGANT EXTRACTS, OR USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING PASSAGES, FROM THE BEST ENGLISH AUTHORS AND TRANSLATIONS; PRINCIPALLY DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF YOUNG PERSONS. ORIGINALLY COMPILED BY THE REV. VICESIMUS KNOX, D.D. 6 VOLUMES. Boston: Samuel Walker (1826). New edition (compiled by Percival)..... More