1958. [ONCHI - BINDING] NAGAYO Yoshirô, author. SONO YORU. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbunsha, Showa 23 [1948] 1st printing, 6, 337+ pp. 8vo., Decorated wrappers, Printed slipcase, some browning to slipcase, else very good condition overall. Included in the Onchi binding catalogue, ONCHI KOSHIRO SEIHON NO GYO as #321, also color illustrated..... More
1943. ONCHI KÔSHIRO, artist. CHU.GYO.KAI. 26.6 X 20.8 cm. #158 of 250cc. Aoi Shobo. A wonderful Onchi cover and 10 prints inside, illustrating his poem fragments. The combination of the abstract and the figurative is lovely and moving. Published during the war Showa 18 - 1943) in Tokyo, as part..... More
1884. [PHOTO ALBUM - JAPAN]. 25 OUTDOOR SCENES AND STUDIO POSED PHOTOS. Small late 19th century oblong 12 x 18.3 cm album of albumen photos of landscape and city scenes, genre shots of trades and customs in the studio, each about 9.5 x 13.5 cm image size. Brocade covered boards..... More
1904. [PHOTOGRAPHY] PHOTO-CLUB DE PARIS. LA REVUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE, DEUXIEME ANNEE 1904. Paris: Photo-Club de Paris, 1904. 399 pp. + 36 tipped-in plates. Most plates are monochrome, except for one. All plates are present; although six are bound out of order. 4to., 3/4 morocco with gilt spine labels and floral..... More
1930. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] MAEJIMA Sei-ichi, designer. CHIKUONKI GAKKITEN KÔKOKU ZUANSHÛ. Seibundo, Tokyo, Showa 5 [1930]. 29.9 X 22.1 cm. Printed paper wrappers. From an important series of design portfolios produced by Seibundo, this one is dedicated to shops specializing in phonograph albums and musical instruments. This volume consists of 50..... More
1930. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Sekimoto Urôji, designer. SAKE SHÔYÛ MISO SHOKURYÔHIN-TEN KÔKOKU ZUANSHÛ. Seibundo, Tokyo, Showa 5 [1930]. 29.9 X 22.1 cm. Printed paper wrappers. From an important series of design portfolios produced by Seibundo, this one is dedicated to shops specializing In food and liquor. The volume consists of 50..... More
1932. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Edited by Shôtenkaisha. YÔHINTEN HANJÔSAKU. Seibundo, Tokyo, Showa 7 [1932]. 30.0 X 21.8 cm. From an important series of design portfolios originally produced by Seibundo in 1930. The original title of this work was YÔHIN BÔSHITEN KÔKOKU ZUANSHÛ and the attributed designer was Murota Kurazô. That original..... More
1924. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Kôyôsha. Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû KINDAI SÔSHOKU ISHÔ ZUAN Tokyo, Taisho 12 [1923]. An interesting small, 19.1 x 13.3 cm, portfolio from the Illustrated Architecture series, this one on design motives and decorative elements with a heavy Deco influence. The ties of the little portfolio are missing, else..... More
1812. [ÔRAIMONO] [Kitao MASAYOSHI]. ONNA BUNSHOU Shikishikagami. Kyôto, Tôkyô & Ôsaka. String-bound fukuro-toji, Japanese-style in the opriginal printed covers. A scattering of tiny wormholes to the covers but the interior is very good. Surprisingly good printings for such an ephemeral item. The title label is missing. The plentiful illustrations of..... More
1933. SATÔ Haruo, author; HAZAMA Inosuke, artist. E-iri MIYOKO. Seikadô, 1933. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, blind-patterned brown paper covers with a printed paper title label. 18 paginated bifold leaves and one unpaginated. Ltd. edition, number 442 of 500 copies. A b+w woodcut frontispiece of the author and 4 color woodcut plates..... More
1963. Portfolio Collection by Satō Kōichi 佐藤晃一 These portfolios were purchased in Kyoto, probably about a decade ago. The innocence and assurance of their creator was puzzling, though not due to the skill, which is considerable, as Satō Kōichi 佐藤晃一 became a very well-known graphic artist and poster designer who..... More
1916. [SKETCHTOUR GENRE] Kanao Bun'endô, publisher. HANSHIN MEISHO-ZUE A folding album of 30 oban-size color woodcut prints, printed by Nishimura Kumakichi and published by Kanao Bun'endo in 1916-17. There are two prefatory pages: a map of the trip around western Japan depicted herein, and a table of contents, plus the..... More
1966. [SÔSAKU HANGA] KAWAKAMI Sumio. HIRADO CHIKUSHI. Kawakami Sumio, Shôwa 41 [1966]. Bound Western-style, 23.3 x 18.2 cm. Text and illustrations printed in silver ink on black glossy paper. In unusually good condition as this production usually suffers from flaking of the ink, but this copy does not. This is..... More
1962. [SÔSAKU HANGA] SEKINO Jun'ichirô. GAIYÛ DÔBUTSU HYÔ. Tôkyô 1962. Oblong western-style binding in boards, 18.7 x 26.2 cm. Illustrated with color woodblock prints after Sekino designs throughout. #12 of 250 copies, signed by Sekino. Fine in the original publisher's box with printed paper title label. More
1954. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: BEING THE FIRST PART OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [and] The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1954. First American edition, Hammond & Anderson A5b.i, one of 1,500 copies bound in the United States with first edition sheets..... More