1957. KAMAKURA Yoshitarô & Kamakura Shizue, artists. RYÛKYÛ BINGATA & RYÛKYÛ BINGATA Dai Nishû. Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin. Two huge cloth portfolios, the earlier, 62.5 x 49.5 cm, issued in 1957 as a limited edition (unspecified limitation) of all 20 bingata stencil prints on lovely handmade paper, but without the small..... More
1951. KAWAKAMI Sumio, artist JIMBUTSU IROHA EGERESU Tokyo: Ryûseikaku, Shôwa 26 [1951]. 18.5 x 13.2 cm. Reduced offset version of the original edition done in woodcut in 1935. Printed boards in a printed clamshell publisher's box. One of 1000 copies, signed by Kawakami. Western bound. The title of this book... More
1948. KAWAKAMI Sumio, artist. PAN TO NINFU. Privately printed #3 of 40 copies. Ribbon-bound in printed covers, 18.1 x 13.6 cm. Wonderful images printed on black paper, enclosed in a gold wraparound with printed paper label. One of Kawakami's scarcest and most desitable works, here in excellent original condition. 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
1924. SAPHIER, William. KNOWLES, Vernon THE STREET OF QUEER HOUSES AND OTHER STORIES. New York:Boullion-Biggs, 1924. 156pp. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated by William Saphier. Black cloth stamped in gilt to front and spine. Cloth lightly worn. Pages slightly toned. Includes two copies of publisher's brochure for this title. Near Fine. 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
1843. Malte-Brun, Conrad. PRECIS DE LA GEOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE ou Description de Toutes les Parties du Monde... d'apres les grandes divisions naturelles du globe. Revised and augmented by Jean-Jacques-Nicolas Huot. Atlas volume. Paris, Bureau des Publications Illustrees, 1843. Folio. (iv)pp. (86)ff. Contemporary red quarter-morocco, gilt. Contains 86 plates with 72 beautifully... More
1838. O'RIELLY, Henry. SETTLEMENT IN THE WEST. SKETCHES OF ROCHESTER; WITH INCIDENTAL NOTICES OF WESTERN NEW-YORK. A collection of matters designed to illustrate the progress of Rochester during the first quarter-century of its existence. Including a map of the city and some representations of scenery, edifices, etc. Arranged by Henry... More
1934. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] TOTOKI [Nobutomi?]. SHÔGYÔ BIJUTSUTEN POSUTAA SHÛSEI. Osaka: Shogyo Bijutsu Shuppansha, Showa 9 [1934]. Large clothbound 8vo., in printed slipcase. 104 posters are illustrated in b+w. All are credited to their designers. The catalogue of a major annual exhibition of industrial art held in Osaka by the Commercial..... More
1856. REEVES, Charles Evans. DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND DUODENUM. London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1856. xv + [1] + 354 pp. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Spine sunned, light spotting to cloth. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, ink and pencil ownership to front flyleaf and... More
1944. [SÔSAKU HANGA] OKAMURA Kichiemon, artist. MANYÔ SHIKI HANA ZUKUSHI. 32.3 x 20.3 cm Privately printed in the fall of Shôwa 19 [1944] by the artist using kappazuri stencil printing. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Printed paper title label. About fine condition. #42 of 100 copies. More
1968. STRAND, Mark. REASONS FOR MOVING. New York: Atheneum. 1968. Signed First Edition. 8vo. 47pp. Dark blue cloth, blindstamped to fromt and lettered in gilt to spine. This copy belonged to the poet John Frederick Nims with his signature on the flyleaf. It is also signed by the author on... More
1908. [UNSÔDÔ] Sakai HÔ-ITSU, Suzuki KI-ITSU & Nakano KI-MEI. SHIKI NO HANA. Kyoto, Meiji 41 [1908] 10 volumes [18.8 X 27.9 cm], complete, bound orihon style in stiff paper covers with printed paper title labels. There are 2 spring, 4 summer, 3 autumn and 1 winter volumes, with a grand... More
