WONDER OF CHINESE BRONZES
1980. (CHINESE BRONZES). THE WONDER OF CHINESE BRONZES. By Li Xueqin. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, (1980). First edition. 8vo.,, green cloth. 80pp. + color plates. Spine faded, else very good. More
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CHINESE PAPER CUT-OUTS
1960. (Chinese Crafts). CHINESE PAPER CUT-OUTS. Photographs by W. and B. Forman. Text by J. Hejzlar. Translated by I. Havlu. London: Spring Books, (1960). Large square 8vo., decorated paper-covered boards, with a window; 32pp. + 64pp. color plates. Near fine, in a glassine jacket... More
WEN-CHIEN TZU-ERH CHI, A SERIES OF PAPERS ... DOCUMENTARY CHINESE
1867. [CHINESE LANGUAGE] WADE, Thomas Francis. WEN-CHIEN TZU-ERH CHI, A SERIES OF PAPERS SELECTED AS SPECIMENS OF DOCUMENTARY CHINESE, Designed to Assist Students of the Language as Written by the Officials of China. In Sixteen Parts, with Key. London: Trubner & Co., 1867. First edition. Two quarto volumes. xii, 456..... More
ALBUM OF 30 FISH ON 12 SHEETS
18. [CHINESE PITH PAINTINGS]. ALBUM OF 30 FISH ON 12 SHEETS. Album of 12 sheets of pith, approximately 19 x 26 cm each, mounted onto pages within covers approx. 24.7 x 34.3 cm, covered in brocade with ties. A wonderful mid-19th century example of this realistic genre, which uses the..... More
SHIH CHU CHAI CHIEN P'U Fei An T'i
1952. [Chinese Woodcuts, Peking Jung Pao Chai] SHIH CHU CHAI CHIEN P'U Fei An T'i. Peking: Peking Jung Pao Chai,[with the 1952 preface] Set of four volumes (each 31 x 21.3 cm) of the TEN BAMBOO HALL POETRY PAPERS. The TEN BAMBOO HALL POETRY PAPERS, of course, date back to..... More
JAPANESE PRINTS, PAINTINGS, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND DRAWINGS, 2 VOLUMES
1898. CHRISTIE'S. JAPANESE PRINTS, PAINTINGS, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE THEODOR SCHEIWE, 2 VOLUMES. New York: Christie's, 1989. 201/99 pp. Small 4tos., dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Fine in very good dust jackets with light rubbing. Price lists laid in. Vol. I: Part 1..... More
JAPANESE SWORD GUARDS （Tsuba 鍔) Some Tsuba in the Collection of Sir Arthur H. C
1914. CHURCH, Arthur H. JAPANESE SWORD GUARDS （Tsuba 鍔) Some Tsuba in the Collection of Sir Arthur H. Church. (Reading, England): Privately Printed, 1914. First edition, limited to only 100 copies, of which this is number 37. Bookplate of the art historian Charles Francis Bell, first Keeper of the Fine..... More
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MEDIAEVAL INDIAN SCULPTURE
1929. CODRINGTON, K. De B. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MEDIAEVAL INDIAN SCULPTURE. London: Edward Goldston, 1929. 32 pp. + 24 b/w plates. 8vo., terra cotta colored printed wrappers. Very good, light soil to edges of wrappers, 1/2 inch closed tear at top of front joint. Interior clean and..... More
CHINEESCHE SCHILDERKUNST
1948. COHN, Door William. CHINEESCHE SCHILDERKUNST. London and Utrecht: Phaidon Press and W. De Haan N.V., (1948). Small folio, red cloth lettered in gilt, spine in gilt. 29pp text + 224 plates + notes. A very good copy that shows only some light soiling at the cloth and slight sunning..... More
FAR EASTERN JAUNTS
1924. COLLINS, Gilbert. FAR EASTERN JAUNTS New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1924. 8vo., green cloth, spine in gilt, 282p. Illustrated with sixteen illustrations and a map. A very good copy that shows only light soiling at the boards. More
GENDAI SHO^GYO^ BIJUTSU ZENSHU^ THE COMPLETE COMMERCIAL ARTIST 24v.
1928. [COMMERCIAL ART]. GENDAI SHOGYO BIJUTSU ZENSHU THE COMPLETE COMMERCIAL ARTIST 24v. Tokyo, ARS, Showa 3 [1928] 24 large slender 8vo. vols., 27.0 x 19.4 cm. This edition bound in paper wrappers. A remarkable compendium, heavily illustrated in color and b+w, exploring the whole world of commercial art, in Japan..... More
NIKKO^ZAN MEISHO^ JU^NIKEI
1883. [COPPER ENGRAVING] MATSUURA YASU, artist. NIKKOZAN MEISHO JUNIKEI. Nikko: Shiozawa Ken'ichiro, Meiji 16 [1883]. The original sheets (from a folding album?) have been remounted on Japanese paper and fukuro-toji string binding. The cover of the original series is a bit edgeworn worn but the 12 hand-colored copper engravings, each..... More
BIBLIOTHECA JAPONICA
1996. CORDIER, Henri. BIBLIOTHECA JAPONICA. Dictionaire bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs a l'empire Japonais. New York: Martino, [1996]. A facsimile reprint of the Paris 1912 edition. Limited to 100 copies. 8vo., green cloth, spine in gilt. As new. More
NOH-KA GABI
19. [COSTUME DESIGNS - NOH THEATER] NOH-KA GABI. Tokyo & Kyoto: Unsodo, n.d. [Showa 9, 1934]. Large brocade covered wooden box of 102 (of 100 - there are 2 extra plates not called for in the contents pages) plates of Noh costumes, patterns, masks, etc. An impressive mixture of printing..... More
INSTRUCTIONS FROM AN UNKNOWN MASTER
1972. (COWARD, Vanessa). INSTRUCTIONS FROM AN UNKNOWN MASTER. Illustrated by Vanessa Coward. 1/100 copies on hand-made paper, signed by Coward. 8vo., black cloth-backed, gold paper-covered boards; illustrated with tipped-in color plates. Offsetting from plates, else fine. More
FLOWERS AND FOLK-LORE FROM FAR KOREA
1969. CRANE, Florence Hedleston. FLOWERS AND FOLK-LORE FROM FAR KOREA. Seoul: Sahm-bo, 1969. #475/ 1000 copies reprinted from the 1931 edition. 4to., black cloth, lettered in gilt, a.e.g.; prelims. + 5-93pp. of full page tipped-in color plates with facing text + index. Fine, in the acetate wrapper... More
KO^YO^ KUYO^ Hiratsuka Un'ichi Sho^gashu^
1942. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Hiratsuka Un'ichi. KO^YO^ KUYO^ Hiratsuka Un'ichi Sho^gashu^. Signed by Un'ichi, numbered 12 of 300 copies. Published by the important NIHON AISHOKAI group. Sho^wa 17 [1942] Small 8vo., Bound western-style in paper-covered boards. There are 12 wood-engraved illustrations and other devices within, as well as wood-engraved illustrations..... More
KITSUTSUKI HANGASHÛ Sango Shizumono
1931. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] HIRATSUKA Un'ichi, editor. KITSUTSUKI Hangashû 3-go Shizumono. This "Dôjin" magazine was limited to a maximum of 500 copies, though, as it ceased production that year of 1931, it would be hard to credit such a large production of it. Edited by Hiratsuka Un'ichi, as well as..... More
KOZAN
1970. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] KANAMORI Yoshio. KOZAN. Nihon Aishokai, Shōwa 45, signed by Kanamori. Number 94 of 150 copies. Huge western bound folio, 45.9 x 31.7 cm. Each of the 15 color woodblock illustrations is double page - and are in consequence remarkably large and therefore difficult to print. Quite..... More
SHINDERERA SHUSSE EBANASHI
1943. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] KAWAKAMI Sumio, artist. SHINDERERA SHUSSE EBANASHI' Tokyo, Showa 18 [1943]. Small, 21.2 x 15 cm., brightly colored and charming version of Cinderella, printed privately for Kawakami in color woodblock as number 88 of ad edition of 200 copies. String-bound Japanes-style, fukuro-toji, enclode in the original printed..... More
HIHAKU Dai-ikkan, Dai-ichigo
1934. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Kuriyama Shigeru, editor. HIHAKU Dai-ikkan, Dai-ichigo. Shizuoka, Showa 9 [1934]. Bound Western style in block printed wrappers. 28.7 x 21.5 cm. Contains 12 hand-printed images by such masters of the modern Japanese print as Maekawa Sempan, Hiratsuka Un'ichi, Fujimori Shizuo, Yamaguchi Susumu, Kawakami Sumio, etc., etc...... More
Untitled "EIGHT VIEWS OF NAGASAKI"
[CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Matsuzaki U-ichi. Untitled "EIGHT VIEWS OF NAGASAKI" 8 oblong oban size prints, tipped onto sheets and overlain by English and Japanese bilingual descriptions of the scenes depicted. The sheets are 30.5 x 38.2 cm. Matsuzaki [1895-1972] did these prints in the early 1950s. He had attended Tokyo..... More
KAPPA-DO^
1978. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] SARASHINA Genzo^, poet & KAWAKAMI Sumio, printmaker. KAPPA-DO^. To^kyo^, Sancha-shobo^. Sho^wa 53 [1978]. #188 of 200 copies. Bound western-style, printed on Japanese paper, 25.3 x 17.3 cm., with printed washi paper dustwrapper and the original printed box. Lovely poetry book, illustrated with 12 color woodblock prints..... More
HISHÔ NO SHINTAN
1970. [Creative Prints] SHINOHARA Cao, artist. HISHÔ NO SHINTAN. Shôwa 45 [1970] A small (7.5 x 7.5 cm) western style square book bound in white leather. Illustrated through in tiny engravings, some colored, signed by Shinohara, numbered 83 of 100 copies. In a lovely little leather slipcase and wraparond paper..... More