1920. ONCHI Koshiro. [A BUILDING ON THE SHORE OF A POND] Oil on canvas, 33 x 45 cm. Dated "Marz 1921," with the word "Formasa" (i.e. Formosa), in pencil in the bottom right corner. It is unsigned; but its authenticity is attested to by Onchi's eldest son, Kunio, on a...... 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. 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
1943. OZAKI Kohachi, author. ONCHI Kôshiro. KOMAKUSA. Tôkyô,Shôwa 18 [1943]. Single sheet, 29.2 x 34.3 cm. Meant to fold in fourths as a simple species of "book" during the wartime shortage of paper. The lightly colored woodblock print by Onchi is some 11.0 x 15.4 cm. It was cut and..... More
[PHOTOGRAPHY - 19TH CENTURY]. TONKIN TYPES. Small (8.7 x 13.2 cm) red pebbeld cloth album stamped in gilt and blind, fine condition. Twelve early silver gelatin print photographs (5.5 x 8 cm) mounted to line-framed stiff pages. Captions in French at bottom of photographs (Pecheurs, Femme du Delta, En Famille..... More
1875. L. PRANG & COMPANY. MAP OF BOSTON, 1875, AFTER THE LATEST SURVEYS, WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS IN PROGRESS. Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1875. 22 x 27 1/2 inches unfolded, 32mo. size brown cloth boards when folded. Boards worn at spine, blindstamped "Prang's Map of Boston" on front cover..... More
1933. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Ôsaka Shuppansha. INSATSU BIJUTSU NENKAN. Ôsaka, Showa 8 [1933]. Internally staple-bound, inserted into red cloth covers. 26.3 x 19.3 cm. Over 100 pages of Japanese explanatory text and many, many samples of printing work in a commercial vein, demonstrating the printing capabilities of the industry in Ôsaka..... More
1871. Provisional Council, Ontario College of Pharmacy. PHARMACY ACT: SALE OF POISON BOOKS, FOR REGISTERING ALL POISONS SOLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PHARMACY ACT OF 1871. Toronto: Provincial Council of the Ontario College of Pharmacy, 1871. Small 4to. 7"x 9 1/4". Brown cloth gilt lettering to front and blind-stamping front..... More
1782. QUINCY, John. PHARMACOPAEIA OFFICINALIS & EXTEMPORANEA: OR, A COMPLETE ENGLISH DISPENSATORY, IN TWO PARTS. THEORETIC AND PRACTICAL. London: T. Longman, 1782. Fifteenth Edition, much enlarged and corrected. x. 656p. [62p.] Octavo. Calf with leather spine label. Some wear at hinges and edges. Bookplate (Samuel A.D. Sheppard) at front pastedown..... More
1873. REDDING, M. Wolcott. ANTIQUITIES OF THE ORIENT UNVEILED. Containing a concise description of the ruins of King Solomon's cities, together with those of forty of the most ancient and renowned cities of the east, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan. New York: Redding & Co., 1873. Later printing. Illustrated..... More
1935. SEUSS, Dr. SECRETS OF THE DEEP OR THE PERFECT YACHTSMAN BY OLD CAPTAIN TAYLOR. [n.p.] Essomarine/Penola, 1935. Second issue. 34 pp. Fine, bright copy in color pictorial stapled wrappers. Three-color illustrations. In the rare mailing envelope, unaddressed (blank) with three-color Seuss marine creature in front return address area. Text..... More
1928. SHIMBI SHOIN. TÔYEÎ SHÛKÔ 6 volumes. The original set in original chitsu of this important reference to the Silk Road treasures in the Shosoin, illustrated with wonderful collotypes and the spectacular xylographic color woodblock techniques Shimbi Shoin employed at the time. Large folios, 51.5 x 33.8 cm., with brocade..... More
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1940. [SOSAKU HANGA] KAWAKAMI Sumio. RANPU [LAMP]. Tokyo, Aoi Shobo, Showa 15 [1940]. #152 of 250 copies, brush-signed by Kawakami (1895-1972). 28.2 x 20.0 cm String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Illustrated throughout in color woodblock, the covers and wraparound are also color printed woodblock prints. With the original printed title label. About..... More
1802. THOMSON, Thomas. A SYSTEM OF CHEMISTRY in Four Volumes. Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute, 1802. FGirst edition. Four 8vo. volumes. Volumes I-III have one plate each. Thomson was Professor of Chemistry first at the University of Edinburgh and then at the University of Glasgow. He invented the saccharometer, and edited..... More
1755. [VON HALLER, Albrecht] ZIMMERMANN, Johann Georg. DAS LEBEN DES HERRN VON HALLER. Zurich: Heidegger and Company, 1755. First edition. [38], 430 pp, [2] + 14 pp. smaller (7.25 x 4.25 inches) handwritten booklet tipped in at rear, what appears to be an index. 8vo., original 18th century paper covered..... More