1917. REED, F. R. C. THE ORDOVICIAN AND SILURIAN BRACHIOPODA OF THE GIRVAN DISTRICT. [IN: TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, VOLUME LI, PART IV. SESSIONS 1915-17] Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son/Williams and Norgate, 1917. This periodical is paginated from pp. 795-1088, with an 8-page Table of Contents for..... More
1827. GOEBEL, Friedemann. PHARMACEUTISCHE WAARENKUNDE. Eisenach: Johann Friedrich Barecke, 1827-34. Two quarto volumes. 28 x 23.5 cm. 71 hand-colored illustrations from nature by Ernst Schenk. Ex-library, the only marks being a perforated stamp and an ink stamp to title pages. Very faint dampstain to bottom right corner a few signatures..... More
[Single sheet woodblock printed suribotoke 摺仏 of 3 standing 11-faced Kannon 十一面観音] [Buddhist image] [late 12th - Early 13th Century] Single sheet woodblock printed suribotoke 摺仏 of 3 standing Kannon 観音 figures printed from a hangi 版木 woodblock. Sheet is approx 25.5 x 36.5cm and each standing figure..... More
19. [BROADSIDE] BRIDGFORD, John. A CATALOGUE OF FLOWER ROOTS, IMPORTED BY JOHN BRIDGFORD, NURSERY, SEEDSMAN, AND FLORIST, NO. 104, MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER. (Manchester: J. Harrop, Printer, Market-Place), n.d. A single sheet, 33.5 x 20 cm, divided into three columns and printed on both sides. 204 varieties of hyacinths are offered, along..... More
1841. MATTSON, Morris. THE AMERICAN VEGETABLE PRACTICE, OR A NEW AND IMPROVED GUIDE TO HEALTH, DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES. Boston: Daniel L. Hale, 1841. Illustrated with ten black and white medical illustrations and 26 full-page colored botanical illustrations, all called for. Two volumes in one. xii, 706 pp..... More
1821. [PHARMACY]. MEDICAL BOTANY: OR, HISTORY OF PLANTS IN THE MATERIA MEDICA OF THE LONDON, EDINBURGH, & DUBLIN PHARMACOPOEIAS. London: E. Cox and Son, 1821-22. Second edition. 2 octavo volumes: 228; 216 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Linnaeus in Vol. 1 and 138 hand-colored plates. Rebound in period half morocco with..... More
![Item #91072 Mokko (Ehon) モッコ 絵本 [children’s book]. artist Fujita Kenji...](/pictures/thumb/91072.jpg?v=1676481486)
Mokko (Ehon) モッコ 絵本 [children’s book] Fujita Kenji ふじたけんじ, artist, Kimura Isao きむらいさお, author Bungeikyōkai Shuppan 文芸協会出版, publisher Aomori-ken 1973 Single volume 29.4 x 21.2cm bound Western style, opens Japanese style. Navy textured paper over hard boards with a printed title slip. Black and white throughout with Japanese text. Illustrated..... More
![Item #91071 Rokō no Hiketsu 露光の秘訣 [The Secrets of (Photographic) Exposure]. author....](/pictures/thumb/91071_01.jpg?v=1676481457)
Rokō no Hiketsu 露光の秘訣 [The Secrets of (Photographic) Exposure] Sawa Kurō 佐和九郎, author Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, book design ARS アルス (Arusu-sha アルス社), publisher Shōwa 29 昭和29 [1954] Hardcover volume 21.3 x 15cm bound and opens Western style. Yellow front cover with black geometric design..... More
Zukai Shashinjutsu Shoho 図解写眞術 ・ 初歩 [Illustrated Photography: The Basics] Yoshikawa Hayao 吉川速男, author Genkōsha 玄光社 Showa 8 昭 8 [1933] 19 x 13 cm volume with 257pp of reproduced photos, line illustrations and Japanese text throughout on the subject of basic photography techniques. Publisher’s..... More
Kamera no Tabi: Nara カメラの旅・ 奈良 Yoshikawa Hayao 吉川速男, author Genkōsha 玄光社 Showa 15 昭15 [1940] Single volume 17.6 x 12.7cm bound Western style, opens Japanese style. Tan paper wrappers with small color papers embedded. Printed title in metallic ink on brown square background on the cover; printed title..... More
![Item #91066 [Bat scroll] [Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll]. artist Okamoto Toyohiko...](/pictures/thumb/91066.jpg?v=1675448706)
[Bat scroll] [Kakemono 掛け物 - Hanging Scroll] Okamoto Toyohiko 岡本豊彦, artist This painting of a bat (kōmori コウモリ, 蝙蝠), a symbol of good fortune, is depicted in a small horizontal hanging scroll in fan format. Mounted on a lovely brocade backing, it is approx 20” high by 28”..... More
![Item #91065 Sekai Shashin Nenkan Kessaku-shū 1938 [World Photo Almanac Masterpiece Collection],...](/pictures/thumb/91065.jpg?v=1675267686)
Sekai Shashin Nenkan Kessaku-shū 1938 [World Photo Almanac Masterpiece Collection], Vol 1 世界写真年鑑傑作集 アルス (Arusu-sha アルス社), publisher Showa 12 昭和12年 1937 26x18.5cm volume with light blue-gray dust jacket bound and opens Western style. Title with letter shading in white and the date ‘1938’ in red with ‘Vol 1’ across..... More
18. Shinjin Chōshishō Gafu 清人張子祥画譜 Qingren Zhang Zixiang Huapu [Painting album of Zhang Zixiang of China] Zhang Zixiang 張子祥, artist and Ōta Tokujirō, editor 太田徳次郎 編輯 Meiji period Tokyo 2 volumes 15.8 x 11.4cm bound Japanese style fukuro-toji. Vol 1 is 18 cho (no cho numbered 16) and Vol..... More
You tong wen ku di 1 ji 幼童文章 第一集 [24 vols] Minguo 民國 23-24 [1934-5] Shang wu yin shu guan 商務印書館, publisher Shanghai 上海 24 volumes of children’s books staple-bound approx 18.5 x 13cm published from 1934-5 in China with illustrations and Chinese text throughout. Front wrapper color illustrations..... More
Iokibe Kin’ichi, Terada Masaaki: Mokuhan Shigashū 五百旗頭欣一 寺田政明 木版詩画集 [A Collection of Woodcuts with Verse - by Iokibe Kin’ichi and Terada Masaaki] Terada Masaaki 寺田政明, artist and Iokibe Kin’ichi 五百旗頭欣一, author Kyoto Fūbutsushisha 風物詩社 Showa 35 [1960] Published by Fūbutsushisha 風物詩社. Numbered 21 of a limitation of 100. 14..... More
![Item #91061 Bunrei Gafu 文嶺画譜 [Bunrei Kachō Gafu 文嶺花鳥画譜] Vol 2 (of 2)....](/pictures/thumb/91061_01.jpg?v=1674678199)
Bunrei Gafu 文嶺画譜 [Bunrei Kachō Gafu 文嶺花鳥画譜] Vol 2 (of 2) Maekawa Bunrei 前川文嶺 Yokohama: Hobu Shokai 法武商会 Meiji 18 明治十八年 [1885] [Birds and Flowers] Large volume 35.7 x 24.5cm string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with printed title slip and decorated wrappers. Volume 2 of 2 volumes. [33] cho of..... More
Sangaku Shashin no Utsushi Kata 山岳写真のうつし方 [How to Shoot Mountain Photos] Nukada Hayashi 額田敏, author Showa 7 昭和7 [1932] Genkōsha (GKS) 玄光社, publisher Hardcover volume 19 x 13.5cm is bound western-style and opens Japanese style. Front cover is two-toned cloth binding (white/ gray-blue) while the rear..... More
![Item #91058 Arubamu No Matomekata アルバムの纒め方 [How to Assemble Albums]. author...](/pictures/thumb/91058_01.jpg?v=1673617867)
Arubamu No Matomekata アルバムの纒め方 [How to Assemble Albums] Yoshikawa Hayao 吉川速男, author Genkōsha (GKS) 玄光社, publisher Showa 13 [1938] 昭和13年 Hardcover volume 18.5 x 15.5cm is bound and opens western style and is covered in slubbed brown fabric. The binding has the title, author and publisher..... More
![Item #91057 Kuriya no Kokoroe 厨の心得 [Knowledge of the Kitchen]. compiler Ishikawaken...](/pictures/thumb/91057.jpg?v=1673645768)
Kuriya no Kokoroe 厨の心得 [Knowledge of the Kitchen] Ishikawaken Daiimeiko Shiken Gakko 石川県第一女子師範学校 [Ishikawa Prefectural First Women's Normal School], compiler Meiji 13 [1880] 明治13年 Single volume 22.3 x 15 cm in yellow wrappers with original brushed title slip. Published in Meiji 13 [1880]. 57pp. Striking original double-page color woodblock..... More
[19th century Japan - Album of 42 original tinted albumen photographs of Japan, Alaska and Sir G. Baden-Powell and Sir G. Dawson seal expedition in 1891] N.p. N.d. [c. late 19th C, 1891] Oblong 14 x 18.5cm album, disbound, accordion style. Paper mache over wood boards with an intricate..... More
![Item #91054 Kachō Gasui 花鳥書粹 [Birds and Flowers]. artist Numata Kashū...](/pictures/thumb/91054.jpg?v=1671659228)
Kachō Gasui 花鳥書粹 [Birds and Flowers] Numata Kashū 沼田荷舟, artist Shōzandō 松山堂, publisher Taisho 5 [1916] 25 x 17.5cm volume string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with attractive decorative wrappers that have metallic pigment on the front and back. Taisho 5 [1916] reprint. Initial cho of introductory notes..... More
[Paper Ephemera - Noshi Samples] Noshi Orikata Hyō Hon 熨斗折方標本 (Katei Kyōiku 家庭教育) Taisho 2 大正貳 [1913] Cardboard box 26 x 19cm holds a booklet, paper folder and individual folded papers. The 17 pp booklet has olive embossed paper wrappers, orange and beige thread tassels and..... More
1936. [PHOTOGRAPHY - AVANT GARDE] KOISHI Kiyoshi. SATSUEI - SAKUGA NO SHINGIHO. Tokyo: Genkosha, Showa 11 [1936]. Small square 8vo., cloth-bound, no jacket as issued, in a printed cardboard slipcase. Koishi was one of the most important photographers of Japan in the prewar period. His breakthrough photo book, EARLY SUMMER..... More
1932. [Shinko Shashin no Tsukurikata 新興写真の作り方 Kanamaru Shigene 金丸重嶺 Genkōsha 玄光社 Showa 7 昭和7 [1932] (Avant Garde). 4to volume 27x19.8cm bound western-style in decorated boards. The book design and covers are by Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, perhaps the most important book designer of the 20th century in Japan. This volume..... More
![Item #91052 [Collection of 35 Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints]. Harunobu...](/pictures/thumb/91052_01.jpg?v=1670358565)
[Collection of 35 Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints] Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Harunobu 鈴木春信, Kiyonaga 鳥居清長, Eishi 鳥文斎栄之, Choki 栄松齋長喜 et al, artists Edo Period A large tied navy blue cloth portfolio 52 x 38cm with 35 ukiyo-e prints ranging from approx 39 x 26cm to approx 29.5 x 21.5cm tipped..... More