1878. KING, Moses, ed. KING'S HAND-BOOK OF BOSTON. Cambridge, Ma: Moses King, 1878. First edition. [6] + 294 pp. + [22] pp. advertisements, some on colored or gilt stock. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt and black. Spine and corners somewhat shelfworn, else bright; coated olive green endpapers. "Profusely illustrated."..... More
1954. KITASONO Katue, poet. SUEMATSU Masaki, artist. MAHIRU NO REMON. Tôkyô, Shôshinsha, 1954. Folio, 32.0 x 24.5 cm. One of 30 deluxe copies (#9) of a total edition of 330 copies. Signed in bold calligraphy by Kitasono. Has 3 full page color prints by Suematsu Masaki (1908-97). An example of Kitasono's "plastic..... More
1788. Nodder, F.P. MARTYN, Thomas. THIRTY-EIGHT PLATES WITH EXPLANATIONS intended to illustrate Linnaeus' System of Vegetables, and particularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany. London: B. White and Son, 1788. First edition. Octavo. vi, 72 pp. + XXXVIII ff. Published after requests by some readers for illustrations..... More
1892. [PHOTOGRAPHY - COLLOTYPE ILLUSTRATIONS]. OGAWA, K., publisher. ILLUSTRATIONS OF JAPANESE LIFE. Described by S. Takashima. Tokyo: Published by K. Ogawa, n.d. (circa 1892). Additionally, "Kelly and Walsh, Limited, Yokohama, Hongkong, Shanghai and Singapore' are named as sole agents on the title page. [2] ff. + 97 full-page color collotype..... More
1940. [ONCHI - BINDING] KOYAMA Itoko, author. KÔYA. Tokyo: Shinchôsha, Shôwa 15 [1940] 1st printing, 363+ pp. Small 8vo., Patterned paper over boards, printed slipcase. Browned, good condition overall. Included in the Onchi binding raisonne, ONCHI KÔSHIRÔ SEIHON NO GYÔ as #313 (though they do not illustrate the slipcase). Fiction..... More
1942. ONCHI Kôshiro. HAKUBUTSUSHI Zuihitsu Shashin. Tokyo, Genkosha, Showa 17 [1942], 1 of 1500cc, Cloth, printed in silver ink, 27.0 x 19.4 cm. Very unusual work by Onchi, combining his written thought on natural forms with reproductions of his photography (depicting plants, insects, animals). Interesting, scarce. here internally very good..... More
1927. [POSTERS] ASAHI SHIMBUNSHA. EI ZUI SENKYO POSUTAA-SHÛ. Tôkyô, Shôwa 2 [1927] 26.2 x 18.9 cm., illustrated wrappers. This interesting book on election and other political posters of the mid 1920s in England and in Switzerland captures very effectively the social political ferment in those two democracies after the end..... More
1930. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Tada Hokuchô, designer. GOFUKU MUSURINTEN NO 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 muslin dry goods shops. This volume consists of 50 pages of plates in both color..... More
1885. RICHER, Paul. ETUDES CLINIQUES SUR LA GRANDE HYSTERIE OU HYSTERO-EPILEPSIE. Paris: Adrien Delahaye et Emile Lecrosnier, 1885. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. xv + [1] + 975 pp. + 1 pp. table of plates/errata. 8vo., green wrappers printed in black, chipped, rear wrapper missing. Spine split in numerous places..... More
1955. SARASHINA Genzô ; KAWAKAMI Sumio, artist. HOKKAIDÔ EHON. Sapporo: Sarorun Shobô, Shôwa 30 (1955). 21.2 x 15.2 cm. Western-style binding. Sarashina Genzô (1904-1985) was a Japanese anarchist, activist, and poet active in the Shôwa period. Born in Hokkaidô to first-generation settlers, he attended school in Tôkyô but dropped out..... More
Shōju 松寿 [Shōrakusai]. Tōkaidō Fukei no Zu 東海道風景の図 [The album of Tōkaidō paintings] Late 18th - Early 19th C. 34 x 37cm orihon folding album with brushed title slip housed in an old chitsu with clasps 34 x 38.5cm with brushed title slip. There are 70 full page scenes from..... More
1946. [SÔSAKU HANGA] Maekawa Sempan. KANCHÛ KANPON 27 volumes. Nihon Aisho-kai, Showa 20-35 [1945-60]. Small, 16.6 x 9.1 cm, woodblock printed livre d'artiste series. #113 of 150 copies printed. Complete. Charming color woodblocks throughout. Signed by Sempan (1888-1960), one of the most important of all the mid-century Creative Print Movement..... 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
[WWI POSTER] COFFIN, Haskill. WAR SAVINGS STAMP POSTER. (n.p.)(n.d.). 41"x 30". Bright blue background with Joan of Arc wielding sword. "Joan of Arc Saved France. Women of America Save Your Country. Buy War Savings Stamps." Fine. More
