1858. MACLEOD, George H. B. NOTES ON THE SURGERY OF THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA, WITH REMNARKS ON THE TREATMENT OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS. London: John Churchill, 1858. First edition. Frontispiece map. xii,439 pp. (i.e. 455 pp. because a duplicate of signature 2D is bound-in immediately after the first 2D). Octavo..... More
1935. ONCHI Koshiro. Onchi Koshiro Shibun-shû KISETSU-HYÔ. Tokyo: Aoi- Shobo. Showa 10 [1935]. This copy is #50 of only 50 deluxe copies from a total edition of 200. 3 full-page color illustrations by Onchi. Folio, 36 x 31 cm, printed on very heavy paper, bound in gilt-printed Japanese paper over..... More
1947. ONCHI Koshiro, artist; Inoue Yasufumi, poet. Shishû UME. Fugaku Honsha, Showa 22 [1947]. #275 of 600cc, signed by Inoue, the author. 8vo, printed decorative wrappers, book designed by Onchi Koshiro, frontispiece a woodcut designed by Onchi, as well. [Onchi Raissonne, #281, "Portrait of a Poet (Inner Image)"]. Wrappers foxed..... More
1947. KAWAJI Ryûkô, poet. ONCHI Koshiro, artist. MUI NO SEKKEI, Shishû. Tokyo, Fugaku Honsha, Showa 22 [1947]. Large 8vo., the book was designed by Onchi and illustrated by him as well. There is a wonderful abstract "essential portrait of the poet" in color woodcut by Onchi. Kawaji was the mentor..... More
18. [PHOTO ALBUM]. 88 HAND-COLORED 19TH-CENTURY ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAPAN. The images, each of which is approximately 20.5 x 27 cm. (8 by 10.25 in.), cover the gamut of tourist scenes in and around Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kobe, Idzu, etc., but also include many unusual images that are not..... More
2001. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] NAITÔ Tadayuki. SAKURA-COSM. Tokyo, Switch Corp., 1990. Folio, with publisher's bellyband, all in dustwrapper, Fine. Signed by Naito. More
1846. [POETRY]. NATSU KODACHI-SHÛ. Kyôto, Kôka 3 [1846], Chôundô, a lovely oblong string-bound album with the original blind-stamped green covers and printed paper title label, all in a clasped chitsu case. 17.1 x 23.7 cm. The title refers to a famous line from a Bashô haiku describing a "summer's grove"..... More
1930. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Matsubara Korenori, designer. TOKEI KINZOKU MEGANE-TEN KÔKOKU ZUANSHÛ. Seibundo, Tokyo, Showa 5 [1930]. 29.9 X 22.1 cm. From an important series of design portfolios produced by Seibundo. This one is dedicated to shops specializing watches, jewelry, metalwork & eyeglasses. This volume consists of 50 pages of plates..... More
1936. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE]. TEIKOKU GIKAI GIJIDÔ KENCHIKU NO GAIYÔ. Tokyo, Showa 11 [1936]. Large 8vo., wrappers, 120+pp. Interesting summary of the design and construction of the the new National Diet building, Heavily illustrated throughout. The Diet building, of course, was spared in the air raids at the end of the..... More
1982. SERIZAWA Keisuke, artist. KATAZOME RINBYÔ, 2 vols. Tôkyô, Gohachi. #134 of 230 copies. 2 folding albums, 18.2 x 15.0 cm., 81 wonderful colored stencil designs, formatted to a size and shape appropriate to matchbox covers. Serizawa again illustrates his skills in design. In perfect condition, in the original clasped..... More
1911. TAKAHAMA Kyoshi, editor. SASHIE. Tokyo, Kokado, Meiji 44 [1911]. This is a "saihan" printed a few days after the first impression. Bound Western style in illustrated boards, 8vo., 421+pp. This wonderful book takes its title [ILLUSTRATION] very seriously. It has crammed from beginning to end with illustrations, both color..... More
1878. TAYLOR, Bayard, ed. PICTURESQUE EUROPE: A DELINEATION BY PEN AND PENCIL OF THE NATURAL FEATURES AND THE PICTURESQUE AND HISTORICAL PLACES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE CONTINENT, VOLS. II AND III. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1878-1879. iv + 460 pp. + 22 steel engravings/iv + 491 pp..... More
1836. TYSON, Job R. DISCOURSE ON THE SUVIVING REMNANT OF THE INDIAN RACE. Delivered on the 24th October, 1836, before the Society for Commemorating the Landing of William Penn. Philadelphia: Printed by A. Waldie, 1836. First edition. 8vo.: 38 pp. Modern maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. Light soiling to..... More
1830. VAUQUELIN, [Louis Nicolas], & Mrs. Almira H. Lincoln, trans. DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY, CONTAINING THE PRINCIPLES AND MODERN THEORIES, WITH ITS APPLICATIONS TO THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND MEDICINE. For the use of Seminaries of Learning and Private Students. Translated from Le Dictionnaire de chimie, approuve par Vauquelin ... With Additions..... More
1813. WHITE, Gilbert. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE, by the late Rev. Gilbert White, A. M., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. To which are added, The Naturalist's Calendar Miscellaneous Observations, and Poems. A new edition, with engravings. In two volumes. London: Printed for White, Cochrane, and Co., (et al.), 1813..... More